GNU bug report logs - #35443
27.0.50; Gnus (nnimap) shows "ghost" messages in summary buffer

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Package: emacs;

Reported by: Ulrich Mueller <ulm <at> gentoo.org>

Date: Sat, 27 Apr 2019 06:30:02 UTC

Severity: normal

Found in version 27.0.50

Done: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net>
Cc: 35443 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#35443: 27.0.50; Gnus (nnimap) shows "ghost" messages in summary buffer
Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2019 16:18:02 +0200

Eric Abrahamsen <eric <at> ericabrahamsen.net> writes:

> Which is obviously insufficient. I've since changed it to:
>
> "\\([A-Z][[:ascii:]-]+: \\)"
>
> Which works better, but also seems susceptible to breakage due to
> ignorance. A quick scan doesn't turn up any `mail-header-regexp'
> variables or `this-is-a-mail-header-p' functions -- does the above
> regexp seem reasonable?

Headers are case insensitive...  but not all characters in the [:ascii:]
set are allowed; far from it.  [:alnum:] is closer, but with - and...
er...  stuff...  One of the RFCs probably has the definition.  :-)

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