Re: [cobalt-users] max character length - cgi-scripts

[Jeff Lasman <jblists@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

mjr wrote:

> Hi...my first post...any help would be greatly appreciated...
> Raq4 os...all form mail...cgi-scripts on the server seem to be hitting some
> sort of max character length.
> Any form fields that is over the amount of characters (about 600 or 9 lines)
> gets chopped
> up when they information arrives by emails - it adds in a character "!" and
> then starts on the next line.
> Looks like this
> Comment..........: TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test
> teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst

...<balance snipped>...

There is a line-length limit in character-based email, though I don't
remember what it is.

So your MTA will, if it comes across lines longer than this limit, break
them exactly as you report.

Then the question becomes why are my forms reporting overlength lines to
my form-to-email processor.

And the answer is best found in an html book, manual or web-resource on
forms.  Or even in a list for webmasters.

Jeff
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