[issue37357] mbox From line wrongly detected

R. David Murray added the comment: This problem is the whole reason "mangle_from" exists in the email library... -- ___ Python tracker ___

[issue37357] mbox From line wrongly detected

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[issue37357] mbox From line wrongly detected

Andrew Bernard added the comment: Not really a bug. Results from problems with the loose mbix format and lack of standards. Nothing Python can do about it. -- ___ Python tracker

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[issue37357] mbox From line wrongly detected

New submission from Andrew Bernard : When parsing an mbox file, the Python mailbox library is confused by the presence of lines starting with 'From' in the body of the text. A new fragmentary message item is created, but this is wrong. The following sample code and input demonstrates this.