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Re: [leafnode-list] Error with 2.0b8_ma7.5pre
Raymond Scholz <rscholz@xxxxxx> writes:
> [Sorry if you got this twice but I some m****rf****ng piece of
> software (probably Berolist) slaughtered the email header because it
> could not handle wrapped lines in the header.]
Arrived once for me.
> Matthias Andree <ma@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> Oops, "LIST ACTIVE <group>" returns the complete active file, which
> serves as an excellent DoS attack on Gnus (allocation lots of memory,
> hanging NNTP process).
It has always done that, it's not a 7.5-specific bug.
It is certainly desirable to support the wildmat argument to LIST ACTIVE
as per RFC-2980. I will put that on my TODO list. Thanks for reporting
this.
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Matthias Andree
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neither liberty nor safety." - Benjamin Franklin
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