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Re: Please unblock ssmtp-2.26-2.1



* Kari Pahula [Wed, 05 Nov 2008 11:32:50 +0200]:

> Please unblock ssmtp 2.62-2.1.  Fixes #345780, which Holger already
> raised to RC but I thought to still ask.

> This bug concerns long text line handling in message bodies.
> http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321#section-4.5.3.1.6 puts a soft limit
> on line length, but an implementation should still deliver those long
> lines, or gracefully decline all messages containing them.  What ssmtp
> currently does is to die noisily whenever there's a leading dot in a
> long line or, at best, break up long lines with extra \r\n pairs
> whenever it fills up its buffer (currently at 2k).

> Altering sent emails like this is an issue, even if it's a bit of a
> fringe case.

Already unblocked by Luk.

-- 
Adeodato Simó                                     dato at net.com.org.es
Debian Developer                                  adeodato at debian.org
 
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                -- Luke Danes


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