GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 260055
Whitespace mangling of SpamAssassin X-Spam-Report header
Last modified: 2004-06-21 05:28:30 UTC
Description of Problem: Evolution 1.4.6 mangles the multiline X-Spam-Report header that SpamAssassin can be configured to add to messages. The header content is intended to line up vertically for easy reading when viewed as plaintext, and uses tab newlines and tab characters to achieve this effect. However, Evolution performs a paragraph reformat on the header content, similar to what par(1) and fmt(1) do, such that carefully placed newlines are removed and the lines broken on length. This is not a UI bug; the header is actually mangled on disk. I've checked the message as stored on disk (maildir format), and the header is mangled there too. I have tested and found that the header is not mangled as stored on the POP3 server, nor does the POP3 server mangle it during a manual telnet session. Steps to reproduce the problem: 1. Arrange for a message to exist in a POP3 account from which Evolution retrieves mail. Include an X-Spam-Report header in an email message. It should be formatted (note the tab characters) as shown at: http://starjuice.net/evobug/evo.good.txt 2. Fetch the message by clicking on Send / Receive in Evolution. 3. Select View -> Message Display -> Full Headers. Note that the formatting of the X-Spam-Report now looks more like the one shown (still with tab characters) at: http://starjuice.net/evobug/evo.bad.txt How often does this happen? 100% Reproducible on 3 separate installations.
'known'.
Isn't this just #56916 ?
Yes, it is. I saw my bug was a duplicate of at least one other, but not the one you pointed out. The duplicate I saw had an audit trail in which the last comment was along the lines of "but this is just cosmetic". I left my bug in place as an example of how it actually has a negative impact. Feel free to close this as a duplicate, and sorry for any wasted time I may have caused.
Thanks guys. *** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 256916 ***