2 messages in net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildropRe: [maildropl] maildir creation code...
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Roux JoubertOct 18, 2005 3:53 am 
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Subject:Re: [maildropl] maildir creation code problemActions...
From:Devin Rubia (dev@thezone.net)
Date:Oct 18, 2005 11:08:52 am
List:net.sourceforge.lists.courier-maildrop

On Tue, Oct 18, 2005 at 12:52:32PM +0200, Roux Joubert wrote:

Hi

I have been struggling with a problem where mail delivered to maildirs via maildrop are created with filenames in excess of 70 chars (octets). Even though most clients do not have a problem with this, some PDA's these days enforces the 70 chars UID length limit (http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1939.html) and gives an error when popping mail.

I have tried in vain to find references to this on the web and mailing lists, and have come to the conclusion that it might be a bug. Could the maildrop developers or someone else with a fix please provide their comment on this?

Technically, this is not a maildrop issue. Your POP3 server is responsible for generating unique-ids.

I'm assuming that you you are using qmail-pop3d and it generates unique-ids based on the filename of the message. The only checking that it does on the filename is that it truncates anything including and after a ":". Obviously, if your filenames are long this is going to cause problems but it is the POP server's fault for not generating RFC compliant unique-ids.