Re: [Evolution-hackers] Corrupted mail send to too many correspondant

[Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>]

Le lun 12/07/2004 à 15:37, Olivier Dugeon a écrit :
> Hi all,
> 
> Le jeu 08/07/2004 à 12:54, Olivier DUGEON a écrit : 
> > Hello,
> > 
> 
> > Ok. But, is the received e-mail must have is line folded or not ? I
> > look at the received e-mail, since I put myself in the recipient and
> > perform a "Save As" of the message. Again, under vi, the To: and Cc:
> > field are folded anymore. Is it normal or not ? If yes, how can I
> > check if the message received by the Exchange server have its line
> > folded or not ? Could I put an output filter which just make a copy
> > of the e-mail ?
> > 
> > If evolution perform correctly the header folding, is there a
> > possibility that the bug comes from the connector ? I will redo test
> > with SMTP instead of exchange to send mail.
> 
> Since I didn't receive any answer, I perform new test.
> 
> First, I test evolution with my private ISP (wanadoo) and my private
> e-mail address. This time it's work correctly. The configuration is
> pop for reception and smtp for emission. I perform an ethereal capture
> too.
> 
> Then, I configured again evolution with my office setting (exchange
> for incoming and smtp for outgoing) with an ethereal capture. Again,
> the test failed.
> 
> I compare the two ethereal and discover that there is not difference.
> All recipient are sent one by once to the SMTP server and then the
> message body itself.
> 
> But, I also discover that in the message body, the "To:" and "Cc:"
> line are not folded. The CR/LF (0x0d/0x0a) sequence are only present
> at the end of the To: or Cc: line.
> 
> So, my conclusion is :
> 
> - Some server treat correctly the line larger than 1024 bytes
> - Some other doesn't deal correctly with ling line
> - and the last category simply reject my mail due to too long line
> 
> Now, if the RFC say that line MUST NOT exceed 1024 bytes, the bug come
> from evolution which not fold the line and if the RFC just say that
> line SHOULD NOT exceed 1024 bytes, the bug come from the Exchange
> server.

RFC doesn't seem to specify anything on the line length, so I'd say it
is an Exchange bug, but I would prefer to have confirmation from Not Zed
or Jeff

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Frederic Crozat <fcrozat mandrakesoft com>
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