[Pkg-privacy-maintainers] Bug#812115: helo_argument IP should be encapsulated in []'s

[Chris Knadle]

u:
> Hi Chris,

Hey, u.  ;-)

> Chris Knadle:
>> Package: xul-ext-torbirdy
>> Version: 0.1.4-1
>> Severity: normal
>> Tags: patch
>>
>> Torbirdy sets mail.smtpserver.default.hello_argument = "127.0.0.1" which is
>> nonconformant with RFC 5821 §4.1.3:
>>
>>    https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5321#section-4.1.3
>>
>> I'm attaching a patch which fixes this.
>>
>> The issue that this is causing is that I have mail servers I run close
>> connections that use raw IP addresses in the HELO/EHLO, and that happens
>> prior to any SMTP AUTH.  I was having to reset this setting on every Icedove
>> startup until I found where it was being set.
> 
> thank you very much.
> 
> I'll forward this bug & patch upstream. I think it belongs there

Yep I agree.

> unless you want to do that yourself? In that case, please go ahead :)

It looks like there's a ticket open on an aspect of this issue already, but
the discussion instead (of being about the lack of IP encapsulation) is
about the choice of EHLO identifier, but this still seems like it might be
the right place to talk about this bug?

   https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/13006

   -- Chris

-- 
Chris Knadle
Chris.Knadle at coredump.us

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