[Tickets #3022] text attachments with very long lines get broken

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/?id=3022
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 Ticket             | 3022
 Updated By         | adrieder at sbox.tugraz.at
 Summary            | text attachments with very long lines get broken
 Queue              | IMP
 Version            | HEAD
 State              | Feedback
 Priority           | 1. Low
 Type               | Bug
 Owners             | 
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adrieder at sbox.tugraz.at (2005-11-22 15:51) wrote:

>> When attaching a text file (e.g. xml) which has very long lines, the
>> file will be broken at the recepient side. This is because the SMTP
>> server (e.g. sendmail) will break lines after 990 characters in the
>> following way:
>
> And what should *we* do about it, if the *SMTP server* is breaking it?

Good question :-)
Maybe base64 encode the such attachements. This could be a config option.

I see the problem and it really seems not to be *your* fault, but I guess
sendmail is widely used. So a work arround would help in many cases.