Re: mutt/2107: bad IDN error message is not descriptive
The following reply was made to PR mutt/2107; it has been noted by GNATS.
From: Alain Bench <veronatif@xxxxxxx>
To: bug-any@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: Karel Kulhavy <clock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: mutt/2107: bad IDN error message is not descriptive
Date: Fri, 21 Oct 2005 14:46:34 +0200 (CEST)
Hello Karel, and thanks for reporting us this problem.
On Saturday, October 8, 2005 at 22:44:58 +0200, Karel Kulhavy wrote:
> I tried to bounce e-mail message but got
>| Bad IDN (null) while preparing resent-from.
What was the cause? No $from set, no $hostname, something else?
> This error message is totally undescriptive. Uses some previously
> undefined term IDN and previously undefined term resent-from. I
> suggest the message to contain definition of terms IDN and resent-from
> and point user to a howto how to solve the problem.
You're right: Even grepping manual.txt with those terms doesn't help
understanding nor correcting problem.
- IDN: International Domain Names (with non-Ascii characters included).
- Resent-From: A header field Mutt prepends to bounced mails,
containing the address of the bouncer (your $from).
> I also suggest the e-mail to be resent anyway instead of this message
> if it's technically possible.
Well no: Even if it was possible, we don't want to send a badly
formed mail. Some misconfiguration has to be fixed first.
Bye! Alain.
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