| Summary | Header line lengths |
| Queue | IMP |
| Queue Version | 3.2.6 |
| Type | Bug |
| State | Not A Bug |
| Priority | 3. High |
| Owners | |
| Requester | iwrtech (at) iwr (dot) ru (dot) ac (dot) za |
| Created | 02/04/2005 (7559 days ago) |
| Due | |
| Updated | 02/04/2005 (7559 days ago) |
| Assigned | |
| Resolved | 02/04/2005 (7559 days ago) |
| Github Issue Link | |
| Github Pull Request | |
| Milestone | |
| Patch | No |
State ⇒ Not A Bug
http://cvs.horde.org/co.php/framework/MIME/MIME.php?r=1.142#799
State ⇒ Unconfirmed
Priority ⇒ 3. High
Type ⇒ Bug
Summary ⇒ Header line lengths
Queue ⇒ IMP
regular mailer (Pegasus Mail via IMAP) cannot open.
The reason for this is that the To: line in the header is one long
line of 4816 characters (as sent by IMP). (I can send a screenshot of
this displayed in my own IMP installation, which displays it ok)
This is clearly in contravention of RFC 2822 that specifies line
lengths and how they should be split.
I'm surprised the thing even gets delivered, but it seems exim is
somewhat flexible about line lengths, whereas the Pegasus mail reader
is not and is not required to be, in terms of the RFC.
I've searched the archives and this has been mentioned before (Nov 2004).
I realize that V3.2.6 is now getting old, but the real issue to me is
that new versions must fix this bug, not specifically 3.2.6 (though I
have 3.2.6 installed so it does concern me in that I want to be sure
that any upgrade I do actually fixes this issue). Since the source
of our problem email is a remote site not under my control, there is
little I can do about it except email the postmaster, which I have
already done with no result so far.
If you can assure me that IMP V4 has fixed this issue, I will be happy.
THankyou