popa3d-users - Part of message lost

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Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 21:05:53 +0800
From: Uwe Dippel <udippel@...ten.edu.my>
To: popa3d-users@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Part of message lost

Certain mails simply don't display completely.
 I connect to POP3 (popa3d), the data are from a /var/mail mail-box. When I check the mails in there, they are complete. On the display window of Sylpheed they are always cut off at the same place. On Mozilla they are cut off there precisely similar, and the amount(s) of data are indicated much lower (1.2kB) than the original (7k)
They are the regularly incoming stuff from Techrepublic and all of them are cut off like this:

 From: "Linux Tips at TechRepublic.com" <CNET_Networks_#3.44807.333736303538.1@...sletter.online.com>
 To: udippel@...oo.com
 Subject: [TechRepublic] Determine file size with du
 Date: Tue, 17 Jun 2003 01:13:41 -0700 (PDT)
 X-Mailer: Accucast (http://www.accucast.com)

  TechRepublic
  http://www.techrepublic.com

  Presents your 
  LINUX E-NEWSLETTER for June 17, 2003

  <---------------Advertisement--------------->

  TIPS & SOLUTIONS FOR THE SMALL OFFICE NETWORK

 (over). 

 With
 less /var/mail/myname
 the same message looks like this:

 TechRepublic
 http://www.techrepublic.com

 Presents your 
 LINUX E-NEWSLETTER for June 17, 2003

 <---------------Advertisement--------------->

 TIPS & SOLUTIONS FOR THE SMALL OFFICE NETWORK

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 <------------------------------------------->

 </snip>

 Kind regards,

 Uwe

P.S.: I'm running the OpenBSD-port of popa3d out of the box (3.3) and out of the thousands of mails I've seen these are the only ones and 100% reproduceable