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| author | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2010-06-03 08:19:13 +0000 |
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| committer | Phil Pennock <pdp@exim.org> | 2010-06-03 08:19:13 +0000 |
| commit | 6901c5962fbad16ca6010db5a3efd4bd8993125a (patch) | |
| tree | fd40c12b6223399be237112e33876a5150322174 | |
| parent | 97fd1e4825b09dc6278d2c37b5f2e043519a5f25 (diff) | |
| download | exim4-6901c5962fbad16ca6010db5a3efd4bd8993125a.tar.gz | |
Include check_rfc2047_length in configure.default to raise the visibility
because we're seeing more Russian administrators get bitten by this.
Idealism says this option is set correctly by default. Pragmatism says not.
There's a good argument for the idealism but if we see the problems escalate
then the idealism will have lost and we should, IMO, switch.
| -rw-r--r-- | doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | src/src/configure.default | 16 |
2 files changed, 19 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog index a5f80701a..72fca4c2d 100644 --- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog +++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.614 2010/06/03 05:43:24 pdp Exp $ +$Cambridge: exim/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog,v 1.615 2010/06/03 08:19:13 pdp Exp $ Change log file for Exim from version 4.21 ------------------------------------------- @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ PP/01 Date: & Message-Id: revert to normally being appended to a message, only prepend for the Resent-* case. Fixes regression introduced in Exim 4.70 by NM/22 for Bugzilla 607. +PP/02 Include check_rfc2047_length in configure.default because we're seeing + increasing numbers of administrators be bitten by this. + Exim version 4.72 ----------------- diff --git a/src/src/configure.default b/src/src/configure.default index 881a22b20..73fbc0ce8 100644 --- a/src/src/configure.default +++ b/src/src/configure.default @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@ -# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.14 2009/10/16 07:46:13 tom Exp $ +# $Cambridge: exim/src/src/configure.default,v 1.15 2010/06/03 08:19:13 pdp Exp $ ###################################################################### # Runtime configuration file for Exim # @@ -291,6 +291,20 @@ timeout_frozen_after = 7d # split_spool_directory = true +# If you're in a part of the world where ASCII is not sufficient for most +# text, then you're probably familiar with RFC2047 message header extensions. +# By default, Exim adheres to the specification, including a limit of 76 +# characters to a line, with encoded words fitting within a line. +# If you wish to use decoded headers in message filters in such a way +# that successful decoding of malformed messages matters, you may wish to +# configure Exim to be more lenient. +# +# check_rfc2047_length = false +# +# In particular, the Exim maintainers have had multiple reports of problems +# from Russian administrators of issues until they disable this check, +# because of some popular, yet buggy, mail composition software. + ###################################################################### # ACL CONFIGURATION # |