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authorJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2023-07-03 14:18:41 +0100
committerJeremy Harris <jgh146exb@wizmail.org>2023-07-03 14:18:41 +0100
commit277d15561e0a88a29123e97f4023e0cf78f9e8b4 (patch)
tree8dece42ed785870a221a8672991a6b316ad491ca
parent1b59e35da6644ae22df3bddd3a3d3dba4c37ad24 (diff)
Docs: note splitting of long messages for SMTP response
-rw-r--r--doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt5
1 files changed, 4 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
index 62258dd61..9eb0b6b56 100644
--- a/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
+++ b/doc/doc-docbook/spec.xfpt
@@ -31564,8 +31564,11 @@ the message modifier cannot override the 221 response code.
The text in a &%message%& modifier is literal; any quotes are taken as
literals, but because the string is expanded, backslash escapes are processed
-anyway. If the message contains newlines, this gives rise to a multi-line SMTP
+anyway.
+If the message contains newlines, this gives rise to a multi-line SMTP
response.
+A long message line will also be split into multi-line SMTP responses,
+on word boundaries if possible.
.vindex "&$acl_verify_message$&"
While the text is being expanded, the &$acl_verify_message$& variable