Re: [exim] message has lines too long for transport

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Author: Odhiambo Washington
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To: exim users
Subject: Re: [exim] message has lines too long for transport
On Fri, Nov 19, 2021 at 1:41 AM Jeremy Harris via Exim-users <
exim-users@???> wrote:

> On 18/11/2021 20:36, Odhiambo Washington via Exim-users wrote:
> >> Better solution is to fold this header (split over multiple lines).
> >>
> >
> >
> > How do I achieve that with exim-4.95? Config option??
>
> There's no builtin support in Exim. In fact, not all possible lines
> *can* be folded - you're only allowed to insert a line-break before
> (certain specified instances of) whitespace.
>
> You could play with ${sg} and split on *any* whitespace, once a
> long-enough line had built up - but you might break something
> by not recognising these special "foldable white space" cases only.
>
>
> Or you could refuse such messages in the first place, and make
> it the sender's problem.
>
>

I have seen a discussion similar to what I am seeing with 4.95:

[exim-dev] [Bug 2622] New: bounce_return_linesize_limit not honoured for
headers (mail-archive.com)
<https://www.mail-archive.com/exim-dev@exim.org/msg12295.html>

However, I do not see a solution to it.

It would be great if such messages were rejected by default.

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