From d7d0ba4400cad6169376128ed4daf4bd1be8fda6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sanjoy Mahajan Date: Tue, 7 Jun 2016 22:50:45 +2000 Subject: [PATCH] Re: Bug/Issue: References header doesn't wrap in emacs package --- bf/68746fe7589d04cf38a73eb9ecf62c6a25a861 | 88 +++++++++++++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 88 insertions(+) create mode 100644 bf/68746fe7589d04cf38a73eb9ecf62c6a25a861 diff --git a/bf/68746fe7589d04cf38a73eb9ecf62c6a25a861 b/bf/68746fe7589d04cf38a73eb9ecf62c6a25a861 new file mode 100644 index 000000000..b7cc28084 --- /dev/null +++ b/bf/68746fe7589d04cf38a73eb9ecf62c6a25a861 @@ -0,0 +1,88 @@ +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 C9E2B6DE0130 + for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 20:06:01 -0700 (PDT) +X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at cworth.org +X-Spam-Flag: NO +X-Spam-Score: -0.006 +X-Spam-Level: +X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.006 tagged_above=-999 required=5 tests=[AWL=0.005, + RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE=-0.0001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_RP_MATCHES_RCVD=-0.01] + 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 zwD0L0vOapIH for ; + Mon, 6 Jun 2016 20:05:53 -0700 (PDT) +X-Greylist: delayed 901 seconds by postgrey-1.35 at arlo; + Mon, 06 Jun 2016 20:05:52 PDT +Received: from EXCAS04.olin.edu (excas04.olin.edu [208.91.55.40]) + by arlo.cworth.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id F1FC16DE00DA + for ; Mon, 6 Jun 2016 20:05:52 -0700 (PDT) +Received: from insight.mit.edu (108.20.254.101) by EX03.olin.edu (10.1.15.11) + with Microsoft SMTP Server (TLS) id 15.0.1104.5; + Mon, 6 Jun 2016 22:50:49 -0400 +Received: from sanjoy by insight.mit.edu with local (Exim 4.87) + (envelope-from ) + id 1bA76L-00046X-K8; Mon, 06 Jun 2016 22:50:45 -0400 +From: Sanjoy Mahajan +To: David Bremner , Allan Streib , + +Subject: Re: Bug/Issue: References header doesn't wrap in emacs package +In-Reply-To: <878u7k21d8.fsf@zancas.localnet> +References: <87612qwh04.fsf@viking.dsc.soic.indiana.edu> + <87si5t1nhu.fsf@zancas.localnet> <878u7k21d8.fsf@zancas.localnet> +User-Agent: Notmuch/0.22 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/24.5.1 + (x86_64-pc-linux-gnu) +Date: Mon, 6 Jun 2016 22:50:45 -0400 +Message-ID: <87d1ntg1a2.fsf@insight.mit.edu> +MIME-Version: 1.0 +Content-Type: text/plain +X-Originating-IP: [108.20.254.101] +X-ClientProxiedBy: EXCAS03.olin.edu (10.1.15.15) To EX03.olin.edu (10.1.15.11) +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: Tue, 07 Jun 2016 03:06:01 -0000 + +On 2015-10-02 21:21, David Bremner wrote: + +>>> The problem is a References header that is too long/not wrapped. +>>> +>> +>> Hi Allan; +>> +>> Thanks for the report. I can see how notmuch-reply would generate a +>> long references header in that situation. We rely on message-mode (part +>> of Gnus) to actually send the message, and it isn't clear to me yet if +>> message-mode (or some function it invokes) normally folds long headers. +> +> I have reported this as an emacs bug. +> +> http://debbugs.gnu.org/cgi/bugreport.cgi?bug=21608 + +I'm not sure whether fixing it in emacs is right. The command 'notmuch +reply' is itself (with the sexp or json formats) generating the too-long +References: header. Shouldn't it generate an RFC-compliant message? + +Or should the json/sexp formats remain agnostic about line length, +because wrapping doesn't make sense with key/value pairs? In that case, +I agree that message-mode should fix any long lines. + +By the way, the latest Exim release (4.87), at least as configured in +Debian, does limit lines to 998 characters, and that limit has been +causing me a few hiccups -- usually when I reply to a message sent by +gmail with a zillion references (perhaps it lists every message in the +thread). + +-Sanjoy -- 2.26.2