Re: [EXIM] Explanation please: ><<< 552 Header line is ridi…

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Author: Marc Haber
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To: 'exim-users@exim.org'
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Explanation please: ><<< 552 Header line is ridiculously overlong
On Thu, 27 May 1999 15:26:58 +0100, you wrote:
>I've had a couple of complaints from external senders that
>my mua is sending out the following:
>
><<< 552 Header line is ridiculously overlong
>
>in some delivery reports.
>
>Can someone explain what triggers this, and whether or not it is
>sometning to do with my mua or is the sending site getting something
>wrong?


This error message is triggered if a header line is more than 8192
bytes long. At this time, there is a chain letter around that has all
its recipients in the To: line, making exim balk on transportation of
that letter. You might been hit with this one.

Greetings
Marc

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