Doc #68829 [Opn->Dup]: mail(): \r\n is for windows only

Edit report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68829&edit=1 ID: 68829 Updated by: aharvey@php.net Reported by: phpnet at revmaps dot no-ip dot org Summary: mail(): \r\n is for windows only -Status: Open +Status: Duplicate Type: Documentation Problem Package: Documentation problem Operating System: linux PHP Version: 5.6.4 Block user comment: N Private report: N New Comment: This has previously been discussed multiple times, and we believe that the current documentation is correct: see bug #63416 for a (lengthy) back and forth. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2015-01-13 23:31:22] phpnet at revmaps dot no-ip dot org Description: ------------ --- From manual page: http://www.php.net/function.mail --- manual says: > Each line should be separated with a CRLF (\r\n). Lines should not be larger > than 70 characters. which is completly wrong. \r\n is not applicable to posix platforms. on linux it should be \n else the generated SMTP message gets \r doubled 70 character limit is for encoded MIME content only. RFC5322 allows 998 cahacters per line in non-MIME content but reccomends 78 as the limit. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at https://bugs.php.net/bug.php?id=68829&edit=1