Re: [exim] Emails starting with a byte order mark (BOM)

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Author: Todd Lyons
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To: Michael Fischer v. Mollard
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] Emails starting with a byte order mark (BOM)
On Tue, Mar 4, 2014 at 3:49 PM, Michael Fischer v. Mollard
<info@???> wrote:
>>>>
>>>> But nevertheless it might be a good idea to block 8 bit characters in
>>>> header names via an ACL test as even RFC 6532 does not allow that.
>>> I attached a patch which implements a „verify = header_names“ test as
>> I like the patch because it's simple and straightforward. I think the
>> chosen "header_names" is a bit too vague for what it actually does.
>> I would like to consider a different, more specific, name for it,
>> based on what it is actually checking, maybe something like:
>> header_names_ascii (I'm partial to this one)
>>
> No, I think header_names_ascii is best.


Ok, I will rework the patch and change the name.

...Todd

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