Greetings!
Alberto wrote:
I've the same problem... It's with e-mails with To: field larger than 1
kbyte. I'ver been told it's a bug, but CP support doesn't give you the
patch if you only have software subscription.
since we've upgraded our 4.1 to NG FP3 some users report that
mails that come from mailing-lists are destroyed.
I think that have something to do with the mail-header size.
How can solve this problem ?
I think, this behaviour is okay as Internet-STD0010 = RfC 821 (SMTP)
defines a maximum text line length (applies to headers too, if I am not
mistaken). I'd be inclined to blame the mailing list software for that.
From the RFC:
4.5.3. SIZES
There are several objects that have required minimum maximum
sizes. That is, every implementation must be able to receive
objects of at least these sizes, but must not send objects
larger than these sizes.
text line
The maximum total length of a text line including the
<CRLF> is 1000 characters (but not counting the leading
dot duplicated for transparency).
recipients buffer
The maximum total number of recipients that must be
buffered is 100 recipients.
So CKP is overfulfilling it with 1023 chars (probably 1024 chars incl.
\0). The number of recipients will be(come) a problem if exceeding 100
recipients per single mailrun/message.
Any decent mailing list software (alas, those I know) can handle these
restrictions, most often configurable and usually by default sorting by
recipient domain for traffic optimization. In fact, most I know of use
batches of 30-60 recipients per mail, so well below above mentioned
limit.
Volker Tanger
IT-Security Consulting
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