Date: Fri, 31 May 1996 14:23:21 -0500 (EST) From: John Fieber <jfieber@indiana.edu> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: rhh@ct.picker.com, p.richards@elsevier.co.uk, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Er... how long Message-ID: <Pine.NEB.3.93.960531142006.12652O-100000@Fieber-John.campusview.indiana.edu> In-Reply-To: <199605311907.MAA18355@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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On Fri, 31 May 1996, Terry Lambert wrote: > > I wasn't referring to anything so esoteric as a race condition. > > I'm talking about messages that cause filter to dump core. > > What would be an example? (don't send me one, obviously. 8-)). Generally, excessively long header fields will do it. Maybe other things as well. I've never bothered to track it down. If you find core files, and they were generated by filter, go rummaging around in /tmp and you may find the message that killed it. I've never bothered to look at the code since I've switched to procmail. -john == jfieber@indiana.edu =========================================== == http://fallout.campusview.indiana.edu/~jfieber ================
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