No, Im not using -O or optimized-kernel, the hashcat -a 0 -m 12500 '$RAR3$*0* REST OF HASH' password.txt command is all I use.
And it says Rejected 0/9 (0%), Recoverd 0/1 (0%), Progress 9/9 (100%), so hashcat does not reject the passwords I suppose?
Your comment about "evenevenevenlongertest" that was first rejected, is correct btw.
EDIT: just checked and it says when starting that the maximum password length supported by kernel is 256.
And it says Rejected 0/9 (0%), Recoverd 0/1 (0%), Progress 9/9 (100%), so hashcat does not reject the passwords I suppose?
Your comment about "evenevenevenlongertest" that was first rejected, is correct btw.
EDIT: just checked and it says when starting that the maximum password length supported by kernel is 256.