#22355 [Opn->Fbk]: mail func strips linefeeds from subject

ID: 22355 Updated by: iliaa@php.net Reported By: jotta at mailbox dot hu -Status: Open +Status: Feedback Bug Type: Mail related Operating System: Linux 2.2.20 PHP Version: 4.2.3 New Comment: Please try using this CVS snapshot: http://snaps.php.net/php4-STABLE-latest.tar.gz For Windows: http://snaps.php.net/win32/php4-win32-STABLE-latest.zip I've tried the code & looked over the source and there is nothing that would 'strip' newlines as you suggest. If they are still being stripped in the new code I would say it is the doing of your sendmail binary. Previous Comments: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ [2003-02-21 09:09:22] jotta at mailbox dot hu Before sending an email, first I'm using mb_encode_mimeheader() to prepare the subject (it's very important because of the Central European national characters) $subject = mb_encode_mimeheader( trim($_POST['i_subject']), 'iso-8859-2', 'Q', "\n\t" ); \n\t is used, because e-mail RFCs state, that long lines should look be broken like this: Subject: very long subject etc. etc. and will continue here The problem exactly: mail() function strips the \n characters, this way the e-mails are sent in a non-standard way (even 200+ characters long subject lines), and therefore some servers and/or mail reading softwares fail to transfer/display the email correctly. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Edit this bug report at http://bugs.php.net/?id=22355&edit=1