Date: Fri, 24 Feb 2012 08:55:08 +1000 From: Da Rock <freebsd-questions@herveybayaustralia.com.au> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: SMTP error: 552 5.6.0 Headers too large (32768 max) Message-ID: <4F46C3CC.3050703@herveybayaustralia.com.au> In-Reply-To: <201202231901.q1NJ1D4g043370@fire.js.berklix.net> References: <201202231901.q1NJ1D4g043370@fire.js.berklix.net>
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On 02/24/12 05:01, Julian H. Stacey wrote: > Arthur Chance wrote: >> DO NOT FEED THE TROLL! > Well spotted& said :-) > > >> Not only is "Al Hadith" the Islamic term for the teachings and acts of >> the Islamic prophet Muhammad, but the To: field had 388 other addresses >> in it. It's a nasty troll. > Those 388 probably explain why I just saw on a FreeBSD-6.4 host: > > ] fetchmail: SMTP error: 552 5.6.0 Headers too large (32768 max) > ] fetchmail: mail from MAILER-DAEMON@........ bounced to owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org > ] fetchmail: SMTP listener refused delivery > > My sympathies go to postmaster@ team who are probably already > receiving lots of bounces& noise on this. > > PS Yes I realise I should upgrade that 6.4 box to 8.2 > (as headers made it through the more modern SMTP of list > server), but my local tech. constraints etc delay me ). However misguided they are, they may believe strongly in this; so I'm not sure there is a troll per se. The evidence is that they have only targeted freebsd.org addresses, and only the questions list. If they were trolling, why not include all the other lists?
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