-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA256 Konstantin,
On 11/18/13, 9:35 AM, Konstantin Preißer wrote: > Hi, > >> -----Original Message----- From: Konstantin Preißer >> [mailto:kpreis...@apache.org] Sent: Wednesday, November 13, 2013 >> 6:14 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: [OT] RE: Baked-in >> context paths >> >> Hi Jeffrey, >> >>> -----Original Message----- From: Jeffrey Janner >>> [mailto:jeffrey.jan...@polydyne.com] Sent: Wednesday, November >>> 13, 2013 5:14 PM To: 'Tomcat Users List' Subject: RE: [OT] RE: >>> Baked-in context paths >>> >>> The thing is, the garbage characters at the end don't exist in >>> the email I see >> as I type. >>> They are either hidden in the editor or getting added by >>> Outlook (2007) or >> Exchange (2010). >> >> They are "added" by the list mailer of this mailing list, not by >> your mail client - it is the the following lines: >> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org >> >> The problem here is that your client sent the mail content as >> Base64, and the list mailer adds these lines as a separate Base64 >> block which (in my opinion) is probably wrong - it produces >> invalid Base64 data, which causes such junk characters on some >> mailing clients (and an empty mail on my client). >> >> This also happens with some other mails like the one from >> Buildbot on the Dev list - these are are also sent as Base64 >> which then show blank for me. > > Should I report this problem somewhere, e.g. on the Apache Infra > JIRA? > > Note that this problem does not always appear - I think it happens > only if (original_message_length_in_bytes % 3 != 0), because then > the last 4 characters sequence does not represent 3 bytes, but only > 1 or 2, and therefore has some "=" characters at the end. However, > in the other case, the last 4 characters represent full 3 bytes, so > another Base64 block can be added without corrupting the data. > > E.g., if you look at this mail from Buildbot [1], you can see that > the bottom contains the "To unsubscribe..." text added by the > mailing list. This mail displayed correctly in my mail client. If > you look at the raw message, you can see that the first Base64 > block represents 429 bytes, and as 429 % 3 == 0 there isn't a > problem. > > If you look at this mail from Buildbot [2], then the bottom doesn't > contain the "To unsubscribe" lines. In the raw message, you can see > the first Base64 block represents 403 bytes (403 % 3 == 1), so it > contains "==" at the end, and the added Base64 block makes the > Base64 invalid. This email displayed blank in my client. > > > [1] > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-dev/201311.mbox/%3C20131118012335.AB0A6C04A4%40aegis.apache.org%3E > > [2] http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/tomcat-dev/201311.mbox/%3C20131118032322.48526C04A4%40aegis.apache.org%3E Interesting observation. I think you should report it to infra@ - -chris -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.15 (Darwin) Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org Comment: Using GnuPG with Thunderbird - http://www.enigmail.net/ iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJSilwZAAoJEBzwKT+lPKRYsP4QAMmYqPQXLx/r979z3xkfTZLL hnYZTW2oYayEBY8Ooip0/Hs8qoJFeKo5AcRU9DrNM/dDa7H+lsUEeP3/6REFhdBr 7xTNJu5mVK0I0A/UK22HVc3UIyTKwRW9viA4n28Dk9Mn5znvXX9tGL0YgfPdfo+5 KhPGll0p5W15cz7TPC4rIxOXk6u5519gSOiJolL4xCEWNLbrwvIjtjbEHxXl06xt CZ9PE4Y7G1EBhyCMGKcfW3AsKoXI23omv8w4lEfXq2Y3VCoLr/IRZSIX7RpONC5i Rrf+TabcIMwjk+R0E4FyqBXMVYsf/bI57ZPf/hYq5ioywiMW4QkWnrjoCPlx5rme fSQ/U7jA8lFZ8D6sCeopqHZTTFP2b9oerT4cKTLrRU4hXYzGKv6BFKSkl7haLh7s qBUeZGjw3o3t+ylkwFpn4rwPNqooo+E6I2IkNWhglg+peVFac4lfKpxCG4i1snct vy0efGrTy8Tqy5thh5tNnqzRzIxzDzoWQNHWu5MYEMJaWY9i8zA/786PhQsrOlDE c1SE37uKhVIoL97tFjmtK7+M3jJuJCFCwFJgq7QehmVCUm9wg/UvY+zYFcMPTI2C jEi101NYSgT4ECw/Ix7K8AAxpd813xIBLfOTIWVJISMHBysUxYWTUA/a0f3D7QFb rnPSDU0H7LY2jZVLiL0d =sQjX -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: users-unsubscr...@tomcat.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: users-h...@tomcat.apache.org
