Message180108
It has come to my attention that at least some mail agents apply postel's law to addresses like the following:
From: "=?utf-8?Q?not_really_valid?=" <foo@example.com>
Since encountering something that looks like an encoded word but that is not is a very unlikely occurrence, we could go ahead and decode such strings, resulting in
"not really valid" <foo@example.com>
a defect would be registered, and some sort of 'strict' policy mode could refuse to do the decode (as well as several other non-compliant patterns, such as encoded words not separated by whitespace). I think the decoding should be the default, though.
This applies also to other headers where words or phrases can be quoted, such as in filenames. I have also encountered the quoted-encoded-word-as-filename in the wild. |
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2013-01-16 21:13:44 | r.david.murray | set | recipients:
+ r.david.murray, barry |
2013-01-16 21:13:44 | r.david.murray | set | messageid: <1358370824.34.0.785969797245.issue16983@psf.upfronthosting.co.za> |
2013-01-16 21:13:44 | r.david.murray | link | issue16983 messages |
2013-01-16 21:13:43 | r.david.murray | create | |
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