diff --git a/CHANGES.rst b/CHANGES.rst
index 711718c..4ef5691 100644
--- a/CHANGES.rst
+++ b/CHANGES.rst
@@ -4,6 +4,12 @@ Changelog
 5.2 (unreleased)
 ----------------
 
+- Use SMTP compatible line separators in generated messages.
+
+- Remove doc string from the MailHost ``sendTemplate`` method
+  to prevent publishing.
+
+
 
 5.1 (2024-02-07)
 ----------------
diff --git a/src/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py b/src/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py
index db6f316..1f7aef4 100644
--- a/src/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py
+++ b/src/Products/MailHost/MailHost.py
@@ -183,8 +183,8 @@ def sendTemplate(trueself,
                      immediate=False,
                      charset=None,
                      msg_type=None):
-        """Render a mail template, then send it...
-        """
+        # Render a mail template, then send it...
+        #
         mtemplate = getattr(self, messageTemplate)
         messageText = mtemplate(self, trueself.REQUEST)
         trueself.send(messageText, mto=mto, mfrom=mfrom,
@@ -224,8 +224,8 @@ def send(self,
 
     @security.protected(use_mailhost_services)
     def simple_send(self, mto, mfrom, subject, body, immediate=False):
-        body = f'From: {mfrom}\nTo: {mto}\nSubject: {subject}\n\n{body}'
-        self._send(mfrom, mto, body, immediate)
+        msg = f'From: {mfrom}\nTo: {mto}\nSubject: {subject}\n\n{body}'
+        self.send(msg, immediate=immediate)
 
     def _makeMailer(self):
         """ Create a SMTPMailer """
diff --git a/src/Products/MailHost/tests/testMailHost.py b/src/Products/MailHost/tests/testMailHost.py
index 301b0f4..87a17fa 100644
--- a/src/Products/MailHost/tests/testMailHost.py
+++ b/src/Products/MailHost/tests/testMailHost.py
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@
 """
 
 import os.path
+import re
 import shutil
 import tempfile
 import unittest
@@ -208,11 +209,11 @@ def testSendWithMtoList(self):
         self.assertEqual(mailhost.sent, outmsg)
 
     def testSimpleSend(self):
-        outmsg = """\
-From: sender@example.com
-To: "Name, Nick" <recipient@example.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@example.com>
-Subject: This is the subject
-
+        outmsg = b"""\
+From: sender@example.com\r
+To: "Name, Nick" <recipient@example.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@example.com>\r
+Subject: This is the subject\r
+\r
 This is the message body."""
 
         mailhost = self._makeOne('MailHost')
@@ -221,15 +222,15 @@ def testSimpleSend(self):
                              mfrom='sender@example.com',
                              subject='This is the subject',
                              body='This is the message body.')
-        self.assertEqual(mailhost.sent, outmsg)
+        self.assertEqual(_rm_date(mailhost.sent), outmsg)
         self.assertEqual(mailhost.immediate, False)
 
     def testSendImmediate(self):
-        outmsg = """\
-From: sender@example.com
-To: "Name, Nick" <recipient@example.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@example.com>
-Subject: This is the subject
-
+        outmsg = b"""\
+From: sender@example.com\r
+To: "Name, Nick" <recipient@example.com>, "Foo Bar" <foo@example.com>\r
+Subject: This is the subject\r
+\r
 This is the message body."""
 
         mailhost = self._makeOne('MailHost')
@@ -239,7 +240,7 @@ def testSendImmediate(self):
                              subject='This is the subject',
                              body='This is the message body.',
                              immediate=True)
-        self.assertEqual(mailhost.sent, outmsg)
+        self.assertEqual(_rm_date(mailhost.sent), outmsg)
         self.assertEqual(mailhost.immediate, True)
 
     def testSendBodyWithUrl(self):
@@ -745,3 +746,11 @@ def testNotStartQueueProcessorThread(self):
         self.assertFalse(mh.started_queue_processor_thread)
         md = zope.sendmail.maildir.Maildir(self.smtp_queue_directory)
         self.assertEqual(len(list(md)), 1)
+
+
+_date_hdr_re = re.compile(b"^Date:.*\r\n", re.I | re.M)
+
+
+def _rm_date(msg):
+    """remove a ``Date`` header from *msg* (bytes)."""
+    return _date_hdr_re.sub(b"", msg)