Re: Mutt folds subject lines but Outlook doesn't properly unfold
Because I don't have access to the true raw text of the message (because of
Outlook), it's hard for me to tell if it's WSP that Outlook is converting to
tab or if mutt made it a tab. I'm going to try and packet capture the
output from cron to our mail gateway to see if it's a tab or WSP.
One of two scenarios:
a) mutt folds it using a CR-LF-tab, and Outlook is properly unfolding it.
b) mutt folds it using CR-LF-WSP, and Outlook sees WSP before 'connecting'
and unfolds it by replacing the WSP with a tab, and then removes the CRLF.
Our mail gateway already displays the WSP|tab, so I have no reason to
believe that Exchange is adding it in.
Frank
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From: owner-mutt-users@xxxxxxxx [mailto:owner-mutt-users@xxxxxxxx] On Behalf
Of Kyle Wheeler
Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2007 5:11 PM
To: mutt-users@xxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: Mutt folds subject lines but Outlook doesn't properly unfold
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On Tuesday, November 27 at 04:31 PM, quoth Frank Bulk:
> For example, what was:
> Subject: A DSL modem belonging to username 'username' is constantly
> reconnecting (112 times)
> in the headers is now:
> Subject: A DSL modem belonging to username 'username' is constantly
> reconnecting (112 times)
>
> That wouldn't be so bad because this behavior is compliant with RFC 2822,
> but Outlook 2003 and 2007 don't unfold it nicely, only removing the
> CR/LF and not the tab. It really looks quite awful in my inbox.
Wait, it adds a TAB? That's not compliant with RFC 2822. According to
section 2.2.3:
Unfolding is accomplished by simply removing any CRLF
that is immediately followed by WSP.
Translation: inserting tabs for "prettiness" is *wrong*. It doesn't
say that when folding you're allowed to insert arbitrary whitespace.
In fact, it only says in order to wrap a header you're allowed to
insert a CRLF before any (pre-existing) WSP. For once, Outlook is
right, and mutt is wrong.
> I haven't found a way for Outlook to deal with this correctly,
> though I'm open to suggestions.
Technically, Outlook *is* dealing with it correctly.
> Failing that, is there a way I can revert mutt's behavior to the
> earlier release? I don't see any command-line option or anything
> describing how mutt even decides what length the subject line needs
> to be before folding.
Unfortunately no... I suggest filing a bug report. :(
~Kyle
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