Incorrect message length from POP3 LIST command

  • From: "Jacob Miller" <jacob@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
  • To: exchangelist@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2003 08:52:09 -0600

I'm having trouble using the message length returned by exchange's POP3 
connector (this length works correctly with every other pop3 server I've 
tried).  I've searched the knowledge base and the archives of this list but 
haven't seen anything related to this problem.

As a test, I manually sent a message via smtp:

MAIL FROM:<test@test>
RCPT TO:<me...>
DATA
test
.

message was sent and logging into exchange to retrieve:

+OK Microsoft Exchange POP3 server version 5.5.2654.50 ready
USER xxx
PASS xxx
LIST 1
+OK 1 264
.
RETR 1
+OK
Received: from WSD-HQRW021 ([192.168.5.12]) by bluefish.EmpriseCorporation.com 
with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2656.59)
        id T43NA6DZ; Mon, 6 Oct 2003 14:30:19 -0000
test

.

Can anyone explain to me where exchange comes up with 264 bytes for that 
message?  the most I can see is 205 (counting CRLF).  In this case, the count 
was high, with other messages the count is low by a anywhere from 10-200 bytes 
(octets, whatever).  Anyone else had this problem or know of a fix?

Thanks
Jacob

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