Hi, I've noticed an interesting class of stuck inbound messages on my mail queue. Each message has two subject lines, and is addresses to someone with an Exim filter vacation message.
Each filter contains an autoreply that looks something like this: # Exim filter <-- default autoreply created by atlas --> # Check for spam if personal and $h_X-Bogosity does not begin "Spam" then mail text "blah...\n" once /var/exim/vacation/system/jd33/once once_repeat 7d log /var/exim/vacation/system/jd33/once.log subject "Re: $h_subject" endif A relevant log entry looks like this: 2006-12-13 01:41:33 jd33 at sussex.ac.uk R=systemforward defer (-17): error in filter data: \n not followed by space in "Re: SWiSHzine November 2006\nSWiSHzine November 2006" in mail command And, relevant headers like this: Subject: SWiSHzine November 2006 F From: SWiSHzone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R Reply-To: SWiSHzone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Errors-To: SWiSHzone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 28 Nov 2006 09:25:34 -0500 Subject: SWiSHzine November 2006 List-Unsubscribe: <https://my.swishzone.com/users/maillist.asp> List-Subscribe: <https://my.swishzone.com/users/maillist.asp> List-Help: <https://my.swishzone.com/users/maillist.asp> Now, as it happens the bulk of this stuff is spam (but hey, it's email, so the bulk of it would be spam). Anyway, I guess this is a bug in mail feature of Exim filters - if the constructed Subject header contains new lines, then they should be followed by spaces, no? -- Ian Eiloart IT Services, University of Sussex -- ## List details at http://www.exim.org/mailman/listinfo/exim-users ## Exim details at http://www.exim.org/ ## Please use the Wiki with this list - http://www.exim.org/eximwiki/
