[Evolution] corrupted References: in folders

[Fernando Pereira <fpereira whizbang com>]

Long References: headers in incoming messages are being corrupted when
mail is collected from the system mailbox. The corrupted headers then
confuse folder parsing, especially when the corrupted headers make their
way into a reply in the Sent folder.  I am using procmail to clone all
my incoming mail into a backup file before it gets to the system
mailbox, so I know that the References: field is OK when the message
arrives to the mailbox. Here's an example or the original header:


References: <20010129005059 CPYJ1392 femail9 sdc1 sfba home com cc441660-b union1 nj home com>


Here's what is in the Inbox:


References:

    <20010129005059 CPYJ1392 femail9 sdc1 sfba home com cc441660-b union1 nj hom
        e.com>


Notice that two tabs were inserted, and the domain name broken into two
lines. Now comes the error and crash:

camel-WARNING **: Missing closing '>' on message id:
<20010129005059 CPYJ1392 femail9 sdc1 sfba home com cc441660-b union1 nj hom e.com>  <3A74CF61 59D2B97E stat 
berkeley edu>
libibex-ERROR **: file block.c: line 369 (ibex_block_read): assertion
failed: (blockid < block_cache->root.roof)
aborting...

The text with the missing closing '>' is part of a reply I had just
composed and sent. It looks as if ibex did not like the new contents of
Sent and crashed.

I had been seeing warnings of parsing errors when starting Evo before,
and looking at the Sent mbox with Emacs I had found other instances of
this, going back two weeks. I don't see it more often because the long
references are generated only when I am at home using @Home, and someone
replies to a message I sent.

-- F