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Vulnerability Assessment Details

SMTP too long line

Vulnerability Assessment Summary
Sends a too long single line to the MTA

Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment

Some antivirus scanners dies when they process an email with a
too long string without line breaks.
Such a message was sent. If there is an antivirus on your MTA,
it might have crashed. Please check its status right now, as
it is not possible to do it remotely

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Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: This script is Copyright (C) 2003 Michel Arboi

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