[sylpheed:33183] Re: BUG: Incorrect RFC 2047 encoding and decoding: encoded-words not treated as atoms within headers

[Rich Coe]

Hi Frank,

Can you send out an example 'From:' line with the problem ?

R.

On Wed, 9 Sep 2009 11:13:49 +0200
Frank Elsner <frank.elsner at tu-berlin.de> wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> Sylpheed does not handle RFC 2047 encoding and decoding correctly.
> 
> When an email contains a "From:" line encoded with RFC 2047 which contains
> characters which should, per RFC (2)822, be quoted (because it contains commas
> (",") or similar characters), sylpheed doesn't decode it properly and thinks
> these are two addresses.
> 
> This causes problems with MUAs which correctly encode or decode "From:" lines.
> 
> 
> Reproducible: Always
> Steps to Reproduce:
> 1. Send an email from Outlook Express (6.x?) with a name which contains accents
>                                                                and a comma.
> 2. Receive it using sylpheed.
> 3. Try to reply.
> 
> Actual Results:  
>                sylpheed thinks the "From:" lines contained two email addresses.
> 
> Expected Results:  
>                   It should have considered it to be one email address.
> 
> 
> Kind regards, Frank Elsner
> 


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