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Re: [Mutt] #3117: CRLF not consequently stripped



#3117: CRLF not consequently stripped
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  Reporter:  pdmef    |       Owner:  pdmef   
      Type:  defect   |      Status:  accepted
  Priority:  minor    |   Milestone:  1.6     
 Component:  display  |     Version:  1.5.18  
Resolution:           |    Keywords:  crlf ^M 
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Comment(by Derek Martin):

 {{{
 This bug makes no sense to me (nor the opposition to fixing #2898)...
 Even if the ^M character is present in the message, ASCII defines this
 as a carriage return: a non-printable character that returns the
 cursor to column 0.  If Mutt actually did that, it would be fine --
 since it's followed immediately by ^J (a newline in Unix) it would be
 inconsequential.

 The trouble is, it doesn't do that... it regurgitates the string "^M"
 all over my e-mail.  It seems clear to me that it should not do that,
 particularly when the only reason it's there in the first place is
 because some broken MUA put it there in error.  Granted, it's not
 Mutt's fault that it's there... but users of Mutt should not have to
 suffer it, especially since stripping it out is completely
 inconsequential (other than to improve readability of a certain class
 of poorly sent e-mail).
 }}}

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