Re: [Exim] Length of return_text in local_scan()

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Author: Philip Hazel
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To: Joe Doehler
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Length of return_text in local_scan()
On Tue, 23 Sep 2003, Joe Doehler wrote:

> I have set some return_text strings for messages rejected in local_scan()
> to be multi-line. It appears, however, that some servers forward only the
> last line to the original sender. So, I should make all return_text strings
> single line. Is there a message length I should not exceed?


Not in Exim, but RFC 2821 says:

   reply line
      The maximum total length of a reply line including the reply code
      and the <CRLF> is 512 characters.  More information may be
      conveyed through multiple-line replies.


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