On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 02:48:55PM -0500, Derek Martin wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 01:46:49PM -0400, John Hawkinson wrote: > > As for standards-compliance, that's a red herring. Long lines are > > not going to trip up any modern client, they're just not. > > It may be less relevant today, but it's still relevant. While the > original reason for the standard was that the myriad of clients would > display long lines improperly or not at all, these days it's not > really about clients. Sendmail truncates lines at 998 characters. It > is not alone. > > [It's conceivable this has become untrue since last I checked, but I > doubt it, and assuming so is not wise. Besides which, I'd be shocked > to discover that all internet sites are on the most modern versions of > their MTAs. It just doesn't happen.]
Indeed, it is the MTAs, not the MUAs, that will balk at looong lines. Exim OOTB (at least, on Gentoo) is configured to be quite unforgiving about it. -- Mark H. Wood Lead Technology Analyst University Library Indiana University - Purdue University Indianapolis 755 W. Michigan Street Indianapolis, IN 46202 317-274-0749 www.ulib.iupui.edu
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