Re: [gmime-devel] problem with BOM in header

[Andreas Amann <a amann ucc ie>]

Jeffrey Stedfast <fejj gnome org> writes:
> > I simply get the string "(null)", but not the actual "From" field.  I
> > suspect that gmime chokes on parsing the BOM, and considers the
> > remainder of the message to be part of the body.  Is this the expected
> > behavior or is this a bug in gmime?
>
> I doubt GMime chokes on it - it handles arbitrary 8-bit data in the 
> header values.

Hm, maybe it decides that the header finishes at the BOM?


> > Maybe gmime could simply ignore BOMs independent of whether they appear
> > in the header or body of a message?
>
> AFAICT, it already does.
>
> Can you file a bug at http://bugzilla.gnome.org and attach a sample 
> message file?


I did. It's at https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=730985 
Let me know if there is anything else I need to supply.

Thanks,
Andreas