Re: [gmime-devel] "From" detection in FilterBest

[Robert Schroll <rschroll gmail com>]

Thanks.  I knew I was missing something there.

Robert


On Sun, May 5, 2013 at 7:40 PM, Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj gnome org> wrote:
> Hi Robert,
>
> It's actually the GMimeFilterFrom filter that QP-encodes the 
> From-lines.
>
> The idea was that if you were going to qp-encode any textual part, 
> you'd attach the From-filter in "ARMOR" mode to qp-encode the F in 
> From at the beginning of any lines.
>
> Hope that helps,
>
> Jeff
>
> On 5/5/2013 7:11 PM, Robert Schroll wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I've been looking at the source of FilterBest, and I note that one 
> > of the things it checks for is if any line begins with "From ". If 
> > so, it will select (at least) the quoted-printable encoding.
> >
> > I assume this is there to avoid confusing mbox files with lines that 
> > begin "From ".  But the quoted-printable encoding doesn't seem to 
> > alter this at all; that line will still begin "From ".  So this 
> > seems a bit pointless.
> >
> > Am I missing something here?  Should the quoted-printable encoder be 
> > doing something to protect this line?  Or should this test just be 
> > removed?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Robert
> >
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