Scott,
If it it (definition of a 'text line') is not in 821, then try 822! I KNOW I
saw one recently that said somehing like: a 'text line' is a line of
characters, terminated with a <CRLF>.
Actually, RFC821, pg 42 has the definition:
text line
The max total length of a text line including the <CRLF> is 1000
characters.....
Also note the circular reference! ('text line' in the defnition!). Oh well,
such is the way of the world!
Daniel Donnelly
Ipswitch Technical Support
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Sent: Friday, May 12, 2000 10:21 AM
Subject: Re: [IMail Forum] Maximum header field size...
> > Does anyone know if there is a maximum size that a single header
> > field is allowed to be? To some outgoing messages I need to add an
> > additional field to the header. The data within that field can get
> > large (probably not larger than 512 bytes, but it's possible).
>
> The RFC isn't too clear on this, in my opinion. RFC821 says that a "text
line" can have a maximum length of 1000 characters. But, unlike 99.9% of
RFCs, it doesn't specify what a text line is. I would assume that means the
DATA section of a SMTP transfer, which would include headers. RFC822
doesn't seem to specify any maximum header lengths.
> -Scott
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