On Tue, 2010-02-09 at 14:31 -0800, jdow wrote: > From: "Ted Mittelstaedt" <t...@ipinc.net> > Sent: Tuesday, 2010/February/09 13:50 > > > > dar...@chaosreigns.com wrote: > >> On 02/09, Ted Mittelstaedt wrote: > >>> Thunderbird. There must be a bug in T-bird that is tickled > >> > >> Submit a bug report against thunderbird. > >> > > > > I don't want to have to play wack-a-mole with every mail > > client out there. > > > > I can just imagine that bug report anyway: > > > > Dear t-bird maintainers: > > > > I am getting spams that have non-ASCII characters in the > > subject line and t-bird is displaying the entire subject line > > as a blank line. I really want to see what my spammer friends > > are putting in their subject lines, so could you please fix > > t-bird so that it displays the bogus characters that my spammer > > friends are putting in their spams to me? > > > > I'd stand a better chance of that bug being fixed if I > > DIDN'T report it!!! > > > > Ted > > Ted, you cannot expect any more help from them than you give to > expired accounts, you know. You MUST give them some data to work > with. Figure out what those characters are. I am betting it would > be a simple "cr/lf" pair or maybe even a simple "lf". But without > good knowledge of what it is how can the T'bird people fix it? > "Insufficient data" is as good a reason as "insufficient account." > Agreed. Have you looked at their bug tracker to see it its a known problem? If it is, adding a 'me too' comment should raise its urgency. If there's no matching bug report, howinhell can you expect them to know there's something that needs fixing?
If their bug tracker accepts attachments, attach the whole message. Otherwise, stuff the Subkect: line through 'od' and send them the output. Re wack_a_mole: I think you'll find the major MUAs have already woken up: non-ASCII doesn't disturb Evolution, the only MUA I use. Besides, I have the distinct impression that FireFox occupies most of Mozilla's attention and TB is definitely sucking on the hind teat. Martin
