Re: [gentoo-dev] News item for Exim 4.88

[Fabian Groffen]

On 01-03-2017 14:04:07 -0600, Matthias Maier wrote:
>
> On Wed, Mar  1, 2017, at 13:43 CST, Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o> wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'd like to push out attached news item ASAP.  Please review.
>
> Looks good. Has a clear and precise structure.

Thanks, I'll adjust the RC capitalisation and push it out.

Fabian


> > Title: =mail-mta/exim-4.88 problem with chunking
> > Author: Fabian Groffen <grobian@g.o>
> > Content-Type: text/plain
> > Posted: 2017-03-01
> > Revision: 1
> > News-Item-Format: 1.0
> > Display-If-Installed: =mail-mta/exim-4.88
> >
> > Exim maintainers discovered that version 4.88 has some serious problems
> > with its CHUNKING extension.  To quote:
> >
> >   There are various known problems which can result in messages stuck in
> >   queues and remote servers dropping connections on larger mails.
> >
> > In Gentoo, Exim 4.88 is the only stable version available, hence all
> > Exim users are advised to either upgrade to an unstable 4.89 Release
> > Candidate, or patch the configuration as follows:
>
> Maybe not capitalizing "release candidate".
>
> >
> > 1) in the main configuration section, add:
> >
> >   chunking_advertise_hosts =
> >
> > 2) for each SMTP transport, add:
> >
> >   hosts_try_chunking =



-- 
Fabian Groffen
Gentoo on a different level