Re: [Exim] Broken pipe when sending long lines during DATA

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Author: Tom Kistner
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To: Tore Anderson
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] Broken pipe when sending long lines during DATA
Tore Anderson wrote:

>   - Make Exim somehow not receive SIGPIPE, instead bounce the message
>     just as would if the line is just slightly over 16384 chars.
>   - Make Exim enforce a max line length on incoming messages, refusing
>     DATA if a long line is found.
>   - Have the smtp transport fail if a long line is found in the message
>     that is about to be sent.
>   - Make Exim use a specific retry rule with a very low/no timeout for
>     the SIGPIPE error (and that error alone).


Why not set up a simple transport filter to break long lines in outgoing
messages? :)

/tom