Re: Majordomo drops multi-line Subject:

Alvaro Herrera wrote:
> Bruce Momjian wrote:
>> Alvaro Herrera wrote:
>>> I noticed that Majordomo drops the second and subsequent lines of a
>>> Subject: line in message before dispatching for some reason. It has
>>> done this for some time; I noticed it some time ago in pgsql-es-ayuda
>>> but I thought it may be a bug in my MUA. But I just saw it happened to
>>> a mail from Bruce as well.
>> Can you have multi-line subject lines? I didn't think that was
>> possible.
>
> Yes. This is the header of a mail you sent to -patches:

To further this:

RCPT TO: jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)oc
m550 5.7.1 jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)oc(dot)(dot)(dot) Relaying denied. Proper
authentication required.
RCPT TO: jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)com
250 2.1.5 jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot) Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: asdf
asdfasdf

hello
.
250 2.0.0 k7NFEHfh005371 Message accepted for delivery
RCPT TO: jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)com
503 5.0.0 Need MAIL before RCPT
MAIL FROM: linuxpoet(at)gmail(dot)com
250 2.1.0 linuxpoet(at)gmail(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot) Sender ok
RCPT TO: jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)com
250 2.1.5 jd(at)lists(dot)commandprompt(dot)com(dot)(dot)(dot) Recipient ok
data
354 Enter mail, end with "." on a line by itself
Subject: asdfasdfasdf
asdfasdfasdfaasdffasdfasdasdf

this is a test
.
250 2.0.0 k7NFEHfi005371 Message accepted for delivery

Both of these came through with proper multi line subjects.

Joshua D. Drake

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