Re: [ietf-smtp] Curious, with this now being associated to emailcore, should list name change?

Pete Resnick <resnick@episteme.net> Tue, 21 July 2020 21:16 UTC

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From: Pete Resnick <resnick@episteme.net>
To: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
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Subject: Re: [ietf-smtp] Curious, with this now being associated to emailcore, should list name change?
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On 19 Jul 2020, at 11:57, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:

> My personal server currently has 559 field names longer than that. The 
> 25 worst offenders:
>
> X-Offlineimap-X706593913-6d61646475636b2e6e6574-494e424f582e647261667473
> X-Gemstorm-Computing-T/A-The-It-Company-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Ms-Exchange-Crosstenant-Originalattributedtenantconnectingip
> X-Gemstorm-Computing-T/A-The-It-Company-Mailscanner-Spamcheck
> X-Ssjmail.Ssjfinance.Com-Mail-Server-Mailscanner-Information
> Staticcontent1_Header1_F731d3dc-Fd31-4161-Ad91-1083ba56853f
> Staticcontent2_Header2_F731d3dc-Fd31-4161-Ad91-1083ba56853f
> X-Mimedefang-Relay-15b21d6f94afe8e768c451e09085c007047aae7e
> X-Mimedefang-Relay-89167b66339720c294cd81d33948afd6488b114f
> X-Ssjmail.Ssjfinance.Com-Mail-Server-Mailscanner-Spamcheck
> X-Ssjmail.Ssjfinance.Com-Mail-Server-Mailscanner-Spamscore
> X-Gemstorm-Computing-T/A-The-It-Company-Mailscanner-From
> X-Mailscan-242.Hostingdynamo.Net-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Content-Pgp-Universal-Saved-Content-Transfer-Encoding
> X-Kypusserverappliance-Kypus-Mailprotection-Information
> X-Gemstorm-Computing-T/A-The-It-Company-Mailscanner-Id
> X-Mailscan-242.Hostingdynamo.Net-Mailscanner-Spamscore
> X-Mailer.Unfpa-Bangladesh.Org-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Nugget-Enterprises-Antispam-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Ssjmail.Ssjfinance.Com-Mail-Server-Mailscanner-From
> X-Bangladesh-Open-University-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Ironport.Danmargroup.Co.Za-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Mail01lehostingservicesnet-Mailscanner-Information
> X-First-Flight-Couriers-Ltd-Mailscanner-Information
> X-Gemstorm-Computing-T/A-The-It-Company-Mailscanner

Other than X- field names not doing what people think they're doing, I 
don't see the problem here. None of them are over 77 characters, and 
none (including the ones you showed later with curly braces in them) are 
using problematic characters. So what's the problem?

pr
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