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-rw-r--r--doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--src/src/smtp_in.c3
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
index f24e1a8f9..ee63f414e 100644
--- a/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
+++ b/doc/doc-txt/ChangeLog
@@ -41,6 +41,10 @@ PP/10 Added dbmjz lookup type.
PP/11 Let heimdal_gssapi authenticator take a SASL message without an authzid.
+PP/12 MAIL args handles TAB as well as SP, for better interop with
+ non-compliant senders.
+ Analysis and variant patch by Todd Lyons.
+
Exim version 4.77
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diff --git a/src/src/smtp_in.c b/src/src/smtp_in.c
index e79f0a202..476bbf0c2 100644
--- a/src/src/smtp_in.c
+++ b/src/src/smtp_in.c
@@ -983,7 +983,8 @@ if (*v != '=') return FALSE;
n = v;
while(isalpha(n[-1])) n--;
-if (n[-1] != ' ') return FALSE;
+/* RFC says SP, but TAB seen in wild and other major MTAs accept it */
+if (!isspace(n[-1])) return FALSE;
n[-1] = 0;
*name = n;