Re: [exim-dev] Refactor optional MAIL args processing

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Author: Todd Lyons
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To: Todd Lyons, Jeremy Harris, exim-dev
Subject: Re: [exim-dev] Refactor optional MAIL args processing
On Thu, Apr 12, 2012 at 7:38 PM, Phil Pennock <pdp@???> wrote:
>> > I did some testing and every other MTA I can find accepts a TAB as a valid
>> > separator, exim seems to be the only one who doesn't allow it.  A quick fix
>> > doesn't appear to be too intrusive, but there may be better ways of solving
>> > it.  This is in the extract_option() function.  The line numbers will be
>> > off since I have some other modifications in this file:
> Went for a minor variation, using isspace(); the only bad character
> matched by that is \n which can't be present anyway.  Seemed better than
> setting it to space, before an else check which wouldn't be applied
> anyway, only to set it to \0 a moment later.  Two tests is more work
> than a 256 byte table lookup.


Understood. Passes my testing now. Thanks Phil!

...Todd
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