--- sendmail/mime.c	24 Mar 2006 03:17:06 -0000	8.140
+++ sendmail/mime.c	27 Apr 2006 22:56:16 -0000
@@ -242,7 +242,9 @@ 
 	*/
 	if (sm_strcasecmp(type, "multipart") == 0 &&
-	    (!bitset(M87F_NO8BIT, flags) || bitset(M87F_NO8TO7, flags)))
+	    (!bitset(M87F_NO8BIT, flags) || bitset(M87F_NO8TO7, flags)) &&
+	    !bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags)
+	   )
 	{
 		if (sm_strcasecmp(subtype, "digest") == 0)
@@ -286,10 +288,13 @@ 
 		}
 		if (i >= MAXMIMENESTING)
 		{
-			usrerr("mime8to7: multipart nesting boundary too deep");
+			if (tTd(43, 4))
+				sm_dprintf("mime8to7: too deep, i=%d\n", i);
+			if (!bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags))
+				usrerr("mime8to7: multipart nesting boundary too deep");
 			/* avoid bounce loops */
-			e->e_flags |= EF_DONT_MIME;
+			e->e_flags |= EF_DONT_MIME|EF_TOODEEP;
 		}
 		else
 		{
@@ -374,7 +379,8 @@ 
 	if (sm_strcasecmp(type, "message") == 0)
 	{
-		if (!wordinclass(subtype, 's'))
+		if (!wordinclass(subtype, 's') ||
+		    bitset(EF_TOODEEP, e->e_flags))
 		{
 			flags |= M87F_NO8BIT;
 		}
--- sendmail/sendmail.h	22 Mar 2006 22:58:39 -0000	8.1007
+++ sendmail/sendmail.h	27 Apr 2006 22:56:16 -0000
@@ -942,6 +942,7 @@ 
 #define EF_TOOBIG	0x02000000L	/* message is too big */
 #define EF_SPLIT	0x04000000L	/* envelope has been split */
 #define EF_UNSAFE	0x08000000L	/* unsafe: read from untrusted source */
+#define EF_TOODEEP	0x10000000L	/* message is nested too deep */
 #define DLVR_NOTIFY	0x01
 #define DLVR_RETURN	0x02