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Author: Jasen Betts
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] cut subjects ///what/// are too long + delete emojii from subject lines...
I can't immagine why anyone would try to use a subject line as a file
name -- (edited subject to demonstrate)

On 2018-11-28, Sebastian Nielsen via Exim-users <exim-users@???> wrote:

> The reason I want to do it, is because some IMAP clients do crash when
> it tries to export/backup email with too long subject lines as it
> tries to write the subject as a filename, and the operating system
> returns a error code the IMAP client don't understand = crash.


ask vendor to supply working software.

> Also I want in the same way, filter away all and any emojii (for
> example the truck in Ebay's "Order is now being delivered" emails)
> from subject lines because emojii also causes these IMAP clients im
> talking about to crash (because obviously emojii can't be used as
> filenames), and emoji in email subjects are so useless so im
> speakless...


obviously? what makes you think that emoji can't be used as filenames?


begin 644 bs.zip
M4$L#!`H```@``+@`?DU^X2!F$0```!$````*`!P`\)^0@B`@\)^2J554"0`#
M"\C_6P#)_UMU>`L``00`````!`````!)(&-A;&P@8G5L;'-H:70A"E!+`0(>
M`PH```@``+@`?DU^X2!F$0```!$````*`!@```````$```"D@0````#PGY""
M("#PGY*I550%``,+R/];=7@+``$$``````0`````4$L%!@`````!``$`4```
'`%4`````````
`
end

they may not display as emoji in some file browsers, but if the
filesystem has no objection they can be used.


--
When I tried casting out nines I made a hash of it.