valera <vmasu...@apache.org> added the comment: On Thu, 31 Mar 2011 14:13:50 +0000 "R. David Murray" <rep...@bugs.python.org> wrote:
> > R. David Murray <rdmur...@bitdance.com> added the comment: > > All the references I could find talk about triggering the match > without the proceeding newline. That is, it is not certain that a > blank line will precede the 'From ' header, and the typical quoting > rules for mbox format call for any 'From ' at the start of a line > (whether preceded by a blank line or not) to be quoted. This might > have something to do with the fact that otherwise you have to special > case the first line of the mbox, but I don't really know. > > What tool are you using that is producing the unquoted 'From ' lines > in your mbox? I know there are variants on the mbox format, so if > one of them has the format you propose, this would become a feature > request to support that variant mbox format. > > ---------- > nosy: +r.david.murray > Hello, David ! This is an email from netcraft mailing list - the host which accepted it is running sendmail with some antivirus software on top - mimedefang + spamassassin from what I know. Could be tat something is broken in that chain, I've spotted the error when I was writing the script for mailbox --> maildir conversion, while migrating this server. So I had to inherit mailbox.mbox and fix as I need, I'll investigate further what lead to such behaviour. Nevertheless, here is snippet from rfc4155 - In order to improve interoperability among messaging systems, this memo defines a "default" mbox database format, which MUST be supported by all implementations that claim to be compliant with this specification. The "default" mbox database format uses a linear sequence of Internet messages, with each message being immediately prefaced by a separator line, and being terminated by an empty line. --- So I think assuming that there should be an empty line before "From " separator line is fine (for the second email and further) and would help to deal with all kinds of mbox mailboxes, fix is rather trivial. Best regards, Valery Masiutsin ---------- _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue11728> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
