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23.3; Rmail shows an extra blank line at the end when displaying a non-MIME message

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Message #43 received at 10080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Jakub Ječmínek <kuba <at> kubajecminek.cz>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: mdl <at> alum.mit.edu, Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>, 10080 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#10080: 23.3;
 Rmail shows an extra blank line at the end when displaying a non-MIME
 message
Date: Sat, 18 May 2024 20:17:34 +0000

Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org> writes:

> Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:
>
>> Can you explain why this is a problem?  That is, why does it matter
>> that a message, as shown in the Rmail reading buffer, has extra empty
>> lines at the end?  I use Rmail all the time, and know about these
>> extra empty lines, but they never bother me, because I don't need to
>> read empty lines.  And forwarding a message with an extra empty line
>> also should not cause any trouble on the receiving end.
>
> It doesn't sound optimal.

Not that it matters in the context of Rmail but the exact same thing
exists in Gnus.  If you open the file using G f, the article will have
extra blank line (even when forwarding).

Best

Jakub

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