Bug#881903: Please use angles in From: addr-spec
Thank you very much! On Sat, Nov 18, 2017 at 3:47 AM, Don Armstrong wrote: > On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Michael Stapelberg wrote: >> I first noticed this when looking through the archives of some of our >> lists on master.debian.org, see e.g.: > > Yeah, I think mutt just automatically converts these style headers, so I > personally never notice them. > > Sounds reasonable; patch put in. > > -- > Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com > > "That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain > power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability > of oneself not being there." > -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391 -- Best regards, Michael
Bug#881903: Please use angles in From: addr-spec
On Thu, 16 Nov 2017, Michael Stapelberg wrote: > I first noticed this when looking through the archives of some of our > lists on master.debian.org, see e.g.: Yeah, I think mutt just automatically converts these style headers, so I personally never notice them. Sounds reasonable; patch put in. -- Don Armstrong https://www.donarmstrong.com "That is why I am still tyrant of [Ankh-Morpork]. The way to retain power, I have always thought, is to ensure the absolute unthinkability of oneself not being there." -- Terry Pratchett _Unseen Academicals_ p391
Bug#881903: Please use angles in From: addr-spec
Thanks for looking at this. Grepping through the debbugs source, I can find several instances: ~/.cache/pk4/debbugs-2.4.1.1 master 2 $ ag From: debbugs-service 516:From: $gMaintainerEmail ($gProject $gBug Tracking System) 803:From: $gMaintainerEmail ($gProject $gBug Tracking System) 829:From: $gMaintainerEmail ($gProject $gBug Tracking System) […] I first noticed this when looking through the archives of some of our lists on master.debian.org, see e.g.: stapelberg@master:~$ grep -m 1 '^From: ' /srv/mail-archives/lists/debian-bugs-closed/debian-bugs-closed.201711 From: ow...@bugs.debian.org (Debian Bug Tracking System) On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Adam D. Barratt wrote: > Control: tags -1 + moreinfo > > On 2017-11-16 8:54, Michael Stapelberg wrote: >> >> Currently, debbugs sends messages with From: headers in the format >> “stapelb...@debian.org (Michael Stapelberg)”. > > > Do you have an example? None of the headers in your message that opened this > bug use that format, nor do several other messages I checked. > > Regards, > > Adam -- Best regards, Michael
Bug#881903: Please use angles in From: addr-spec
Control: tags -1 + moreinfo On 2017-11-16 8:54, Michael Stapelberg wrote: Currently, debbugs sends messages with From: headers in the format “stapelb...@debian.org (Michael Stapelberg)”. Do you have an example? None of the headers in your message that opened this bug use that format, nor do several other messages I checked. Regards, Adam
Bug#881903: Please use angles in From: addr-spec
Package: debbugs Severity: normal Currently, debbugs sends messages with From: headers in the format “stapelb...@debian.org (Michael Stapelberg)”. However, https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc2822#section-3.4 (from 2001) states: >Note: Some legacy implementations used the simple form where the >addr-spec appears without the angle brackets, but included the name >of the recipient in parentheses as a comment following the addr-spec. >Since the meaning of the information in a comment is unspecified, >implementations SHOULD use the full name-addr form of the mailbox, >instead of the legacy form, to specify the display name associated >with a mailbox. Also, because some legacy implementations interpret >the comment, comments generally SHOULD NOT be used in address fields >to avoid confusing such implementations. Let us please make debbugs a better citizen by following the RFC’s recommendation and switching from the legacy form to the recommended form, i.e. “Michael Stapelberg ”. Thanks, -- System Information: Debian Release: buster/sid APT prefers testing APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable-debug'), (500, 'testing-debug'), (500, 'unstable') Architecture: amd64 (x86_64) Foreign Architectures: i386, armel, mipsel, arm64 Kernel: Linux 4.13.0-1-amd64 (SMP w/12 CPU cores) Locale: LANG=de_DE.UTF-8, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8), LANGUAGE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8) Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash Init: systemd (via /run/systemd/system) Versions of packages debbugs depends on: ii ed1.10-2.1 ii libio-stringy-perl2.111-2 ii libmailtools-perl 2.18-1 pn libmime-perl ii perl 5.26.1-2 ii ssmtp [mail-transport-agent] 2.64-8+b2 Versions of packages debbugs recommends: ii apache2 [httpd] 2.4.29-1 ii lynx 2.8.9dev16-1 ii nginx-extras [httpd] 1.13.6-2 debbugs suggests no packages.
