[erlang-questions] Odd behavior when sending emails via SMTP when messages are converted to/from binaries

[Chris Hicks]

I've taken a look at that project previously and it certainly looked interesting, though that wasn't my problem. The sending of the emails has worked pretty much flawlessly the entire time. The only trouble I was having was with the extra characters appearing. I've already decided that if I end up needing more functionality than I already have that I'll probably work the gen_smtp project into what I'm doing rather than reinvent the wheel. At the moment, though, all I'm doing is sending out short emails confirming registration and things of that nature.
Chris Hicks.

> Date: Sun, 15 May 2011 21:41:04 -0400
> From: andrew@REDACTED
> To: erlang-questions@REDACTED
> Subject: Re: [erlang-questions] Odd behavior when sending emails via SMTP when messages are converted to/from binaries
> 
> On Sat, May 14, 2011 at 07:34:52PM -0700, Chris Hicks wrote:
> > 
> > I honestly don't know why I thought that there wasn't a list_to_binary function...I suppose thats what you get for programming late into the night. I believe it was on How I Met Your Mother that I heard the phrase "Nothing good ever happens after 2am." I should probably take that to heart when it comes to coding.
> > 
> 
> Just out of curiosity, are you aware that libraries for constructing and
> sending MIME email are already present as part of the gen_smtp project?
> 
> Might save you some some time and further headaches.
> 
> Andrew
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