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Bug 401665 - Handling of `From ' quoting in mbox files
Handling of `From ' quoting in mbox files
Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 245683
Product: evolution
Classification: Applications
Component: Mailer
unspecified
Other other
: Normal normal
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Assigned To: evolution-mail-maintainers
Evolution QA team
Depends on:
Blocks:
 
 
Reported: 2007-01-28 12:50 UTC by aquasync
Modified: 2009-09-07 10:25 UTC
See Also:
GNOME target: ---
GNOME version: 2.13/2.14



Description aquasync 2007-01-28 12:49:04 UTC
Distribution: Ubuntu 6.06 (dapper)
Package: Evolution
Severity: Normal
Version: GNOME2.14.3 unspecified
Gnome-Distributor: Ubuntu
Synopsis: Handling of `From ' quoting in mbox files
Bugzilla-Product: Evolution
Bugzilla-Component: Mailer
Bugzilla-Version: unspecified
Description:
Description of Problem:
Evolution quotes lines starting with `From ' as `>From ' when saving to
mbox files. This is as it should be, however on re-opening the message
it hasn't been unquoted.
Further, afaict, it implements MBOX0 format files, as opposed to MBOXRD,
such that both a line starting with `From ' and `>From ' will be
serialized as the same. I think MBOXRD should be the default/optional as
it preserves integrity of the user's data.

Steps to reproduce the problem:
1. Create new message
2. Write a couple of lines starting with 0 or more >, followed by From
3. Save draft
4. Close and reopen the message
5. Also check out the mbox file




------- Bug created by bug-buddy at 2007-01-28 12:50 -------

Comment 1 Eddy Petrişor 2009-08-19 13:09:58 UTC
OTOH, if Evolution would stop using mbox as storage and started using Maildir instead, none of this insanity would be present (including the 2GB limit bug - I can't find it right now, since I don't know how to search for bugs where I commented/reported).


Also, if the contents of the mail is altered, digital singatures would break. I haven't checked if Evo special-cases this, but either way, using mbox as a storage in 2009 for a MUA seems ridiculous.
Comment 2 Milan Crha 2009-09-07 10:25:41 UTC

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 245683 ***