From: Phil Pennock Date: Thu, 3 Jun 2010 08:19:13 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Include check_rfc2047_length in configure.default to raise the visibility X-Git-Tag: exim-4_73_RC0~66 X-Git-Url: https://git.exim.org/exim.git/commitdiff_plain/6901c5962fbad16ca6010db5a3efd4bd8993125a 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. --- 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 #