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

["Ian" <cobalt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 15 May 2003 at 10:19, Ian wrote:

> On 15 May 2003 at 4:57, mjr wrote:
> 
> > Hello,
> > I am using Post and the form works on all other raqs...just not 
this one..
> > I get all the info in the form.....it just breaks it up and adds 
> "!"
> > Regards,
> > Mitch
> 
> There is a line limit in the email RFCs,  from memory it is 998 
> characters plus a carriage return line feed.

Found it:   http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt

    There are two limits that this standard places on the number of
    characters in a line. Each line of characters MUST be no more than
    998 characters, and SHOULD be no more than 78 characters, excluding 
    the CRLF.

Is replying to your own post the first sign of madness ?

Ian

> 
> Try sending the mail to local mailbox to determine if it is being 
> broken up enroute or on the server.
> 
> 
> Why not just modify the cgi to split up long lines - shouldn't be 
too 
> hard.
> 
> Ian
> -- 
> 
> 
> > On Behalf Of Michael Gabriel
> > 
> > that should only happen if they use GET.
> > using POST should be pretty much unlimited ...
> > 
> > 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
> > > Test teest 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 Test
> > > teest 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 Test teest TEst 

> Test teest
> > > TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest TEst Test teest 

> TEst Test
> > 
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