#3584: 1.5.21 To/CC/Bc fields does not preserve values (in RFC comments)
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Reporter: jaalto | Owner: mutt-dev
Type: defect | Status: new
Priority: major | Milestone:
Component: mutt | Version: 1.5.21
Keywords: rfc, standards, violation |
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== Problem ==
Mutt does not preserve the contents of fields To/CC/Bcc as is. An example:
To: John Doe (Head of HR department) <[email protected]>
CC: Joe Average (HR Assistant) <[email protected]>
After composing this message in editor, back to "send screen", the parts
in parenthesis have been stripped:
To: John Doe <[email protected]>
CC: Joe Average <[email protected]>
== severity ==
This is a serious defect in software that affects use daily; these fields
are very important and as they used to carry important details to the
parties that read and forward mails.
== How to correct ==
The parts in parenthesis are specifically mandated by RFC; they are to
carry comments.
Please preserve all fields as they are written.
== Refrences ==
http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2822.txt
{{{
3.2.3. Folding white space and comments
White space characters, including white space
used in folding (described in section 2.2.3),
may appear between many elements in header
>> field bodies. Also, strings of characters that
>> are treated as comments may be included in
>> structured field bodies as characters enclosed
>> in parentheses. The following defines the
folding white space (FWS) and comment
constructs.
}}}
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Ticket URL: <http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3584>
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