Re: POP3 session getting stuck because of missing newline

Op 27-7-2011 14:44, Davide Libenzi schreef:
> On Sun, 24 Jul 2011, Ivo Smits wrote:
>> However, even if the problem was caused by my antispam solution, I think that
>> a crippled spool file should not break the POP3 session. Would it make sense
>> to you to add a check to XMail to detect missing newlines (as well as
>> incorrect end-of-message markers) while sending a message via POP3 (or SMTP)?
> This is certainly a corruption induced by mail handlers poking within the
> XMail internal spool files.
> SPAM messages are just like every other message, and they get properly
> terminated by newlines.
> A missing newline is no different from any other form of corruption,
> which, whatever handlers are piled up directly poking into the XMail
> internal spool, are not supposed to generate.
> A fix in whatever thing causing the issue is more likely a better place,
> isn't it?
I agree that it is, and this is where I will (try to) fix the problem. 
However, I really think it would be better if XMail had some small 
checks on the data it sends to the POP3 client. Right now, a single 
corrupted spool file (for any reason) results in permanently broken SMTP 
sessions, with sometimes no proper notification and no easy way to 
diagnose and fix. Consider it as a feature request.

Thanks for your great software.

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Ivo
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