Re: [Dovecot] mbox From escaping implementation ?
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 13:21 +0200, Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote: > Timo Sirainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 11:30 +0200, Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote: > >> > >> As I understand it, this makes the mbox format of dovecot slightly > >> incompatible with other mbox-capable clients, because if they read > >> the data files directly, they may understand a line starting with > >> an unescaped 'From ' as the start of a new message. Right ? > > Just for the record, I found this page, > http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html > which explains the multiple mbox formats available. I was not aware of > this before. Finally, Maildir is the solution... > > > > Maybe. I got this Content-Length: idea originally from mutt which also > > uses (used? don't know) Content-Length: instead of From-escaping. > > Described in the above page as "The mboxcl2 mailbox format". Pretty much yes, except Dovecot is able to handle missing or broken Content-Length: headers. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [Dovecot] mbox From escaping implementation ?
Timo Sirainen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 11:30 +0200, Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote: >> >> As I understand it, this makes the mbox format of dovecot slightly >> incompatible with other mbox-capable clients, because if they read >> the data files directly, they may understand a line starting with >> an unescaped 'From ' as the start of a new message. Right ? Just for the record, I found this page, http://homepages.tesco.net/~J.deBoynePollard/FGA/mail-mbox-formats.html which explains the multiple mbox formats available. I was not aware of this before. Finally, Maildir is the solution... > Maybe. I got this Content-Length: idea originally from mutt which also > uses (used? don't know) Content-Length: instead of From-escaping. Described in the above page as "The mboxcl2 mailbox format". >> Are there any plans to implement this escaping in the future (1.1.x or >> 2.0.x?) > > It's a very low priority for me. The Content-Length: usage has actually > been completely broken in all v1.0 releases and only a couple of people > ever noticed it. I finally fixed it in v1.1 some weeks ago. Thanks for your reply Timo. Regards, -- Nicolas
Re: [Dovecot] mbox From escaping implementation ?
On Tue, 2008-05-27 at 11:30 +0200, Nicolas KOWALSKI wrote: > Hello, > > I read in the wiki (http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/mbox) about > "From Escaping": > > "Dovecot doesn't currently do this escaping however. Instead it > prevents this confusion by adding Content-Length headers so it knows > later where the next message begins. Dovecot doesn't either remove the > '>' characters before sending the data to clients. Both of these will > probably be implemented later." > > As I understand it, this makes the mbox format of dovecot slightly > incompatible with other mbox-capable clients, because if they read the > data files directly, they may understand a line starting with an > unescaped 'From ' as the start of a new message. Right ? Maybe. I got this Content-Length: idea originally from mutt which also uses (used? don't know) Content-Length: instead of From-escaping. > Are there any plans to implement this escaping in the future (1.1.x or > 2.0.x?) It's a very low priority for me. The Content-Length: usage has actually been completely broken in all v1.0 releases and only a couple of people ever noticed it. I finally fixed it in v1.1 some weeks ago. signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[Dovecot] mbox From escaping implementation ?
Hello, I read in the wiki (http://wiki.dovecot.org/MailboxFormat/mbox) about "From Escaping": "Dovecot doesn't currently do this escaping however. Instead it prevents this confusion by adding Content-Length headers so it knows later where the next message begins. Dovecot doesn't either remove the '>' characters before sending the data to clients. Both of these will probably be implemented later." As I understand it, this makes the mbox format of dovecot slightly incompatible with other mbox-capable clients, because if they read the data files directly, they may understand a line starting with an unescaped 'From ' as the start of a new message. Right ? Are there any plans to implement this escaping in the future (1.1.x or 2.0.x?) Thanks, -- Nicolas
