[New-bugs-announce] [issue2518] smtpd.py to handle huge email

[HiroakiKawai]

New submission from HiroakiKawai <kawai at apache.org>:

I had some problems when I wanted to do attach a huge data file (such 
as mp3, avi, or etc.) to an email. Current smtpd.py in Python2.5 calls 
process_message that takes a string for its argument. This cause python 
running process to consume too much memory.

I'd like to suggest an alternative method for this purpose 
process_message_huge that takes a file-descriptor for its argument. The 
patch will use process_message_huge if the method exists, otherwise, it 
will call process_message with a string that will consume a huge memory 
for backward compatibility.

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components: Library (Lib)
files: smtpd.patch
keywords: patch
messages: 64776
nosy: kawai
severity: normal
status: open
title: smtpd.py to handle huge email
type: security
versions: Python 2.5
Added file: http://bugs.python.org/file9909/smtpd.patch

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