GNU bug report logs - #45586
27.1; Sometime gnus could be less forgiving of bad RFC 2047 encoded word syntax

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Message #8 received at 45586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
To: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>
Cc: 45586 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#45586: 27.1; Sometime gnus could be less forgiving of bad
 RFC 2047 encoded word syntax
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 2021 12:05:57 +0100

積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org> writes:

> If only sometimes gnus was stricter, or even warned, when encountering
> bad Subject lines, we users could have warned the power company years
> earlier, rather than only learning about the problem one day when we
> used Gmail instead.
>
> https://stackoverflow.com/questions/65500376/mime-email-subject-etc-headers-vs-utf8-first-split-then-encode
>
> So being over-forgiving has its pluses and minuses.

Gnus will continue to be liberal in what it receives.  Closing.

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