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Re: Sendmail 8.14.4 and tabs in long headers

From Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org>
Newsgroups comp.mail.sendmail
Subject Re: Sendmail 8.14.4 and tabs in long headers
Date 2026-10-23 01:54 -0400
Organization MGT Consulting
Message-ID <11bespu$s40$1@news.misty.com> (permalink)
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Otto J. Makela wrote:

> It turns out this version rewrites tabs in long multi-line headers
> (like To or Subject) into spaces. This unfortunately breaks DKIM
[[...]]

> Newer Sendmail versions do not of course do this. I've tried to look at
[[...]]
> Anyone remember what part of it causes this rather unfortunate rewrite,
> or was this part in the actual compiled source code?

It's not done in the rules - so if there was any change in the
behaviour it's in the code (the release notes don't mention it).

Good luck finding that :-(

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Sendmail 8.14.4 and tabs in long headers om@iki.fi (Otto J. Makela) - 2026-10-22 20:50 +0300
  Re: Sendmail 8.14.4 and tabs in long headers Claus Aßmann <INVALID_NO_CC_REMOVE_IF_YOU_DO_NOT_POST_ml+sendmail(-no-copies-please)@esmtp.org> - 2026-10-23 01:54 -0400

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