Re: [exim] charset of “fail” messages

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Author: Felipe Gasper
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To: exim-users
New-Topics: Re: [exim] charset of "fail" messages
Subject: Re: [exim] charset of “fail” messages
On 27 Nov 2015 6:05 AM, Jasen Betts wrote:
> On 2015-11-26, Felipe Gasper <felipe@???> wrote:
>> Hi all,
>>
>>     When I do:

>>
>> fail text "$home:/Nööö!!!"
>>
>> … I get a fail message with:
>>
>> /home/mortal:/N\303\266\303\266\303\266!!!
>>
>>     This (with US-ASCII encoding) appears to be hard-coded into
>> src/deliver.c … is there any motion in the direction of being able to
>> specify an encoding for fail messages?

>
> As far as I understandthe rules of SMTP:
>
> The only other charset allowed is UTF8 and that only if the HOST
> advertises "SMTPUTF8" in in response to "EHLO" _and_ the client says
> "SMTPUTF8" after the <address> part of the SMTP "MAIL FROM" command.
>
> SMTPUTF8 support in exim is still considered experimental, but if building
> with EXPERIMENTAL_INTERNATIONAL enabled does not allow UTF8 in
> responses I would consider that a bug. (not that I have any authority)
>


But why is this relevant for the message body?

The argument to “fail text” is put into the message body, not the
headers … ?

-FG