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Re: mhbuild and long header fields


From: David Levine
Subject: Re: mhbuild and long header fields
Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2023 18:11:40 -0400

Andy wrote:

> Minor correction; replace "then" with "than".
>
> Also, RFC 5322 2.1.1 does not "require" that the lines be no more than
> 78 bytes, only that it's highly recommended that they not exceed that.
> The actual line limit is 998 bytes.

Good catches, thank you!

And thank you, Phillipp.  This bug fix/enhancement is well worth your efforts.

commit 542cb12b6d0646b711772ee97c1e2aacf2bada86
Author: Philipp <philipp+mmh@bureaucracy.de>
Date:   Mon Sep 18 12:50:22 2023 +0200

    mhbuild now folds header field bodies to avoid lines with more than 78 
bytes.
    
    This is recommended by RFC 5322 2.1.1. Line Length Limits.
    
    Signed-off-by: David Levine <levinedl@acm.org>

David



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