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bunzip2ing during sending... user feels he is being sniffed

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 24190 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#24190: bunzip2ing during sending... user feels he is being sniffed
Date: Fri, 27 Jan 2017 00:30:25 +0100

M9< Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> I sent a mail with a bzip2 attachment,
> and during so I see these messages:
>
> Sending...
> Mark set [2 times]
> bunzip2ing /tmp/acsb.cpio.bz2...done
> bunzip2ing /tmp/acsb.cpio.bz2...done
> Sending via mail...
> Sending...done
>
> Which is like the NSA opening my letter and inspecting it and sealing it
> back up again. What's going on.

:-)

Yeah, the code was apparently trying to determine the charset of the
.bz2 file, which has to be nonsensical.  It's a binary file included
verbatim; it doesn't have a charset.  I've now removed that check and
the messages should be gone now.

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(domestic pets only, the antidote for overdose, milk.)
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