GNU bug report logs - #51733
27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better

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Packages: gnus, emacs;

Reported by: 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson <jidanni <at> jidanni.org>

Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 00:29:01 UTC

Severity: wishlist

Found in version 27.1

Fixed in version 29.1

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

Bug is archived. No further changes may be made.

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Message #359 received at 51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
Cc: 51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org, rpluim <at> gmail.com
Subject: Re: bug#51733: 27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 19:18:28 +0200

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi <at> gnus.org>
> Cc: Eli Zaretskii <eliz <at> gnu.org>,  51733 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:46:42 +0100
> 
> Robert Pluim <rpluim <at> gmail.com> writes:
> 
> > How about "Contains suspicious characters or mix of characters"? That
> > would at least point users in the right direction.
> 
> I'm not 100% that it's not misleading in all cases, though.  textsec
> still doesn't implement "Unicode Identifier and Pattern Syntax":
> 
>   https://www.unicode.org/reports/tr31/
> 
> There's some other stuff in there...  But I might be quibbling.

My suggestion for the diagnostic in this case is:

  %s mixes characters from different scripts in suspicious ways
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