GNU bug report logs - #56138
27.1; imap request exceeds maximum line length

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Package: gnus;

Reported by: Arnaud Giersch <arnaud.giersch <at> univ-fcomte.fr>

Date: Wed, 22 Jun 2022 11:38:01 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.1

Done: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #8 received at 56138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Arnaud Giersch <arnaud.giersch <at> univ-fcomte.fr>
Cc: 56138 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#56138: 27.1; imap request exceeds maximum line length
Date: Thu, 23 Jun 2022 11:22:48 +0200

Arnaud Giersch <arnaud.giersch <at> univ-fcomte.fr> writes:

> IMHO, Gnus should split the request into smaller ones.
> RFC 7162 (Section 4. Long Command Lines) recommends a maximum length of
> 8192 octets. [ https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc7162.html#section-4 ]

Yup.  I've now fixed this in Emacs 29.

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