Added a note describing how fp should be opened in binary mode, especially on

Windows.  Closes SF # 586899.
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Barry Warsaw 2004-05-10 23:12:52 +00:00
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@ -18,6 +18,10 @@ argument, \var{fp} by the \method{next()} method of the mailbox
object. The default is the \class{rfc822.Message} class (see the
\refmodule{rfc822} module -- and the note below).
\note{For reasons of this module's internal implementation, you will probably
want to open the \var{fp} object in binary mode. This is especially important
on Windows.}
For maximum portability, messages in a \UNIX-style mailbox are
separated by any line that begins exactly with the string \code{'From
'} (note the trailing space) if preceded by exactly two newlines.