GNU bug report logs - #13328
24.2; Rmail does not properly decode MIME messages containing "From " lines or save such attachments correctly

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Message #26 received at 13328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
Cc: mdl <at> alum.mit.edu, 13328 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#13328: 24.2; Rmail does not properly decode MIME messages
 containing "From " lines or save such attachments correctly
Date: Tue, 08 Dec 2020 17:18:36 +0100

Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org> writes:

> AFAIK, mbox format requires that every new message begins with a line
> that starts with "From " (sorry, I forgot the space in my previous
> message).  See, for example, this page:
>
>   https://www.loc.gov/preservation/digital/formats/fdd/fdd000383.shtml

The mbox format is more restrictive than just that.
`message-unix-mail-delimiter' is a regexp that matches these lines.

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