Re: [Exim] CRLF input through pipe causes mangled headers

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Tony Finch
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] CRLF input through pipe causes mangled headers
On Fri, 18 Jul 2003, Tony Finch wrote:

> I don't see much harm in turning on drop_cr by default. The whole area
> is so evil that anyone who causes problems by relying on particular
> behaviour deserves the worst possible consequences. Another evil idea
> I had as a possible alternative way of dealing with the Cyrus mismatch
> would be to convert bare CRs into CRLFSPC, so that the additional line
> break doesn't split the header.


Note that drop_cr does not only affect headers. It affects bodies as
well. I still don't like the idea of turning it on by default.

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