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[OT] Bad characters on e-mail headers (was iceape 1.0.9 and IPv6 compatibility)



On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 22:31:14 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:

> On 09/06/11 21:41, � wrote:
>> On Thu, 09 Jun 2011 21:26:38 +1000, Scott Ferguson wrote:
>> 
>>> On 09/06/11 21:07, � wrote:
>>>
>>> The sender I see  ^ is a question mark character - usually a part of
>>> Camaleón's name.... what character set are you using?
>> 
>> That should be an error from Icedove when it converts from "7bit" to
>> "quoted-printable" :-P
>> 
>> No, seriously, I dunno. I use Pan newsreader and this is what I see for
>> my headers:
>> 
>> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>> 
> <snipped>
(...)
> From: =?iso-8859-1?q?snipped
        ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I don't see this :-?

(...)

> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
                             ^^^^

Neither this one.

> NOTE: the From: line and Content-Transfer-Encoding

Yes, but dunno what can be the source. Is there a way to download the raw 
messages from the mailing list server?
 
>>From another poster's headers (all characters translate):-
> 
> From: Ralf Mardorf <snipped>
> <snipped>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" <snipped>
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> X-Mailer: Evolution 2.32.3
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit

This one looks right.

> Another one with untranslatable characters:-
> 
> From: =?UTF-8?B?5byg5ZCv5b63?= <snipped> <snipped>
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable

Have you tried to open one of my messages with another MUA? Just so see 
if there is any difference in rendering.
 
> It appears to be the result of the modified From string - don't know if
> that's from your email client, or the way Exim is handling it... maybe
> it's part of Gmane's email shell game. No problem. You just need to
> change your name from Camaleón to "White Question mark on a black
> diamond formerly known as Camaleón".
> 
> 
> :-)

He, he... :-)

Greetings from "Black Diamond",

-- 
Camaleón


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