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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