Re: [exim] line length detection

On Tue, 2007-06-19 at 09:33 +0100, Philip Hazel wrote:
> On Mon, 18 Jun 2007, John Jetmore wrote:
>
> > has anyone found a clever way to detect line lengths from inside of exim?
> > I have a downstream MTA that drops the tcp connection one detection of
> > line lengths in the body greater than a certain number. Ideally I'd like
> > to detect these from a router and deliver them into a bsmtp file to get
> > them out of the queue, but I have to be able to detect them first.
>
> I don't think it would be too hard for Exim to remember the maximum line
> length as it receives a message, in the same way as it remembers the
> number of lines. Then you'd have $max_linelength to play with.

I don't think it's a good idea, cause this may change during delivery.
What if you add a header longer than $max_linelength? Or remove the
header that caused $max_linelength? You'd need /logic/, and logic means
bloat and possible bugs.

OK, if you add it, you're not allowed to retire... OK? :-)

Regards,
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