GNOME Bugzilla – Bug 401665
Handling of `From ' quoting in mbox files
Last modified: 2009-09-07 10:25:41 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 -------
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.
*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 245683 ***