Re: [exim] Multiline "OK" responces of remote servers

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Author: Cronfy
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Multiline "OK" responces of remote servers
Hello,

> > | I am using Exim v4.67
> This looks like a buggy reply from MDaemon (in my experience a rather
> buggy mail server), especially since the closing angle bracket after
> the Message-ID reply is present. Using default config, my Exim has log
> lines up to 310 characters long, whereas this line is only 234.


Well, I checked my logs for long C="..." values and I see that there are
no lines longer than 103 characters:

$ zgrep " C=" /home/logs/maillog.20070910 | 
    sed "s/.* H=// ; s/ .* C=/ /" | 
    awk ' { lng = length($0)-length($1)-1 } lng > 100 { print lng, $0}' |
    sort -k2,2 > tmp/truncated_log


$ head tmp/truncated_log
102 MAIL.APCOWORLDWIDE.com "250 2.6.0 <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAL1zAHYeid5OlVgQ9Um9w77CgAAAEAAAAL8uZMYczJ5Io8HNAVNzwiUBAAAAAA==@"
103 MX.hladotehnika.ru "250-Transmission in progress. Stay tuned\\n250 Ok, message saved <Message-ID: !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAA"
103 MX.hladotehnika.ru "250-Transmission in progress. Stay tuned\\n250 Ok, message saved <Message-ID: !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAA"
102 alconlabs.com.inbound15.mxlogicmx.net "250 Backend Replied [a5de4e64.2588548016.139356.00-013.p02c11m015.mxlogic.net]: .6.0 <!~!UENERkVCMD"
102 ariadna.belfreight.ru "250 2.6.0 <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAPd6+RUF8z1Ko/BE43h7q/XCgAAAEAAAAIYRVWYr0mFHjn0ce1WDLFkBAAAAAA==@"
102 asa.trud.ru "250 Ok, message saved <Message-ID: !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAA4ygMeA1D2EOHRqrKEF"
102 asa.trud.ru "250 Ok, message saved <Message-ID: !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAALZou+S5htUC7Y/F7m6"
102 asa.trud.ru "250 Ok, message saved <Message-ID: !~!UENERkVCMDkAAQACAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABgAAAAAAAAALZou+S5htUC7Y/F7m6"
126 bl.orn.ru "250 \\325\\356\\360\\356\\370\\356, \\361\\356\\356\\341\\371\\345\\355\\350\\345 \\361\\356\\365\\360\\340\\355\\345\\355\\"
102 bluncks.com.inbound15.mxlogicmx.net "250 Backend Replied [6b1d4e64.2598968240.81467.00-018.p02c11m047.mxlogic.net]: .6.0 <859415828-2716"
101 delta.omzglobal.com "250 2.6.0 <57909.192.85.110.102.1189400690.squirrel@???> Queued mail for delivery"
102 delta.omzglobal.com "250 2.6.0 <!&!AAAAAAAAAAAYAAAAAAAAAI+HiINOsJdAoGhtOCb6lTTCgAAAEAAAAITl+mzCABpKi+QvxAXA3fEBAAAAAA==@"

There are many servers with different software, not MDaemon only.

I tried to send a test message to one of these servers to see if it's reply
is truncated by itself, but no:


============================================
$ telnet delta.omzglobal.com 25
Trying 217.107.33.31...
Connected to delta.omzglobal.com.
Escape character is '^]'.
220 delta.omzglobal.com Microsoft ESMTP MAIL Service, Version: 6.0.3790.3959 ready at Tue, 11 Sep 2007 11:20:41 +0400
HELO cc.pp
250 delta.omzglobal.com Hello [85.235.196.138]
MAIL FROM: cronfy@???
250 2.1.0 cronfy@???....Sender OK
RCPT TO: postmaster@???
250 2.1.5 postmaster@???
DATA
354 Start mail input; end with <CRLF>.<CRLF>
Subject: Hello, this is a test of your server END-OF-DATA reply
from: cronfy@???
to: postmaster@???
Message-ID: <ff7f1d4a0709100653j47a68474h7ab4ce983eda7f03@???;kgjsdgklshgkjsdhlkewhgtrw7trqjywe.com>

Hello,

This is only a test of your server END-OF-DATA reply (looks to be truncated, verifying this).

.
250 2.6.0 <ff7f1d4a0709100653j47a68474h7ab4ce983eda7f03@???;kgjsdgklshgkjsdhlkewhgtrw7trqjywe.com> Queued mail for delivery
quit
221 2.0.0 delta.omzglobal.com Service closing transmission channel
=============================


Well... Can all this mean that Exim truncates there messages? Exim v4.67.

--
Cronfy.