From 6ace2e52595cdee735200a88b043f611d30890dd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Bremner Date: Thu, 18 Feb 2016 09:34:29 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: encoding of message-ids --- da/6cff17fac79620aa605d621e0da5fb92eecd6c | 67 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 67 insertions(+) create mode 100644 da/6cff17fac79620aa605d621e0da5fb92eecd6c diff --git a/da/6cff17fac79620aa605d621e0da5fb92eecd6c b/da/6cff17fac79620aa605d621e0da5fb92eecd6c new file mode 100644 index 000000000..47872d437 --- /dev/null +++ b/da/6cff17fac79620aa605d621e0da5fb92eecd6c @@ -0,0 +1,67 @@ +Return-Path: +X-Original-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Delivered-To: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6F9CF6DE1416 + for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:34:37 -0800 (PST) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.307 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.307 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.244, + RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.55, SPF_PASS=-0.001] autolearn=disabled +Received: from arlo.cworth.org ([127.0.0.1]) + by localhost (arlo.cworth.org [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) + with ESMTP id Ibssecv-NVph for ; + Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:34:35 -0800 (PST) +Received: from fethera.tethera.net (fethera.tethera.net [198.245.60.197]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 6708C6DE13FB + for ; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 05:34:35 -0800 (PST) +Received: from remotemail by fethera.tethera.net with local (Exim 4.84) + (envelope-from ) + id 1aW2En-0003fc-5X; Wed, 17 Feb 2016 08:33:49 -0500 +Received: (nullmailer pid 30244 invoked by uid 1000); + Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:34:29 -0000 +From: David Bremner +To: Daniel Kahn Gillmor , notmuch@notmuchmail.org +Subject: Re: encoding of message-ids +In-Reply-To: <87ziv0iimt.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +References: <87si0svnim.fsf@zancas.localnet> + <87ziv0iimt.fsf@alice.fifthhorseman.net> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.21+26~g9404723 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 09:34:29 -0400 +Message-ID: <877fi3v4t6.fsf@zancas.localnet> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-BeenThere: notmuch@notmuchmail.org +X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.20 +Precedence: list +List-Id: "Use and development of the notmuch mail system." + +List-Unsubscribe: , + +List-Archive: +List-Post: +List-Help: +List-Subscribe: , + +X-List-Received-Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2016 13:34:37 -0000 + +Daniel Kahn Gillmor writes: + + +> That said, RFC 2047 suggest that its encodings are only relevant in +> places where a "text" token would be used. Message-ID (and References +> and In-Reply-To) are intended to only contain dot-atom-text tokens. So +> probably it would be more correct to avoid applying to these specific +> fields. +> +> i dunno that it's a big deal though, given the analysis above. + +I guess there are two seperate issues. One is the (mildly bogus) +application of RFC2047 decoding to message-ids. The other other is the +coercion into utf8 from whatever wacky 8bit encoding some creative +person might use in a message-id. + +d -- 2.26.2