On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 11:46:26AM -0800, Ryan Clark wrote:
> Security Violations
> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Nov 28 05:44:11 example_server spamd[7474]: bad protocol: header
> error: (Content-length mismatch: 1255 vs. 1241)  

That's an error that shouldn't be happening; something must be wrong
with your mail server or something.

> Fix:
> 
> In spamd just comment out the lines for the content length check.
> 
> spamd:
> ------
> lines 418 to 422
> 
>             # Check length if we're supposed to
>             #if($expected_length)
>             #{
>             #   if($actual_length != $expected_length) {
> protocol_error ("(Content-length mismatch: $expected_length vs.
> $actual_length)"); return 1; }
>             #}

That workaround defeats the purpose of the test. It's like if in your
home, the smoke detectors go off to often, you take the battery out
rather than stopping the smoke!

-- 
Duncan Findlay

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