From unknown Sat Sep 13 19:17:19 2025 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Mailer: MIME-tools 5.509 (Entity 5.509) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 From: bug#79370 <79370@debbugs.gnu.org> To: bug#79370 <79370@debbugs.gnu.org> Subject: Status: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP Reply-To: bug#79370 <79370@debbugs.gnu.org> Date: Sun, 14 Sep 2025 02:17:19 +0000 retitle 79370 [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP reassign 79370 emacs submitter 79370 Manuel Giraud severity 79370 normal tag 79370 patch thanks From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 02 11:26:42 2025 Received: (at submit) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2025 15:26:42 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35853 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utSu9-0005OU-Vc for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:26:42 -0400 Received: from lists.gnu.org ([2001:470:142::17]:36288) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utSu6-0005Nn-4b for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:26:39 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]) by lists.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1utStz-0008Bp-Tk for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:26:32 -0400 Received: from ledu-giraud.fr ([51.159.28.247]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1utStq-00049T-8w for bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:26:31 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=ed25519; bh=zfyApuaq VsghG0WusJB5/8YMyl4SEfFM0Ef+lZq3wmE=; h=date:subject:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=Tc9QJSJODm2FRSKGKd+PM79Pu9GhQPWqEWNgw/Tqf+WPeZLHi6 Ibhf7Mw7bc1YKcoItZGAmaCOTLDCqe2+x6DQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=rsa; bh=zfyApuaqVsghG0Wu sJB5/8YMyl4SEfFM0Ef+lZq3wmE=; h=date:subject:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=iFlHIuO/z7aaKNeJ97ximKzULbJigtKoFXDm5GmCSVC9c9Sxot lqV/LDo4nHg/AymzExTxQ+mjjdb+XHd4UCDtya4Qy8vzt+TA0gFwXX2HLknd8wjkgYHB9+ Xzw1efpivi8gBJPlRUa9u1inw7JW+sa7ezC1WguPCjMZw4WTZcl9/0XEcBkk10+l2l5aKR 0tlowtRIGZGVkFzeT3QvlhPHg/RI5kth1tShaWBHhPbCJgddjDD2uvjBLkMqeVheXLmMF9 1aZW1alnj1plY3nz+zJOpc2fCbHvS8u1UD6iEFse08i2c2qoYDjtDoNBxr3dLjm13vVz8S n22/9LnBNK+w== Received: from computer ( [10.1.1.1]) by ledu-giraud.fr (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id c07a29aa (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO) for ; Tue, 2 Sep 2025 17:26:12 +0200 (CEST) From: Manuel Giraud To: bug-gnu-emacs@gnu.org Subject: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP X-Debbugs-Cc: Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:26:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87y0qwub8s.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=-=-=" Received-SPF: pass client-ip=51.159.28.247; envelope-from=manuel@ledu-giraud.fr; helo=ledu-giraud.fr X-Spam_score_int: -20 X-Spam_score: -2.1 X-Spam_bar: -- X-Spam_report: (-2.1 / 5.0 requ) BAYES_00=-1.9, DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_EF=-0.1, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_CERTIFIED_BLOCKED=0.001, RCVD_IN_VALIDITY_RPBL_BLOCKED=0.001, SPF_PASS=-0.001, T_SPF_HELO_TEMPERROR=0.01 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no X-Spam_action: no action X-Spam-Score: 0.9 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: submit X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -0.1 (/) --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tags: patch Hi, I'm using mail-source in Gnus to fetch mail from IMAP. Whenever I get a message with a line that start with "From " this line is quoted. This patch removes this quirk=E2=80=A6 but maybe it was there for a reason.= We don't have the history for this modification since it is present in the code of "mail-source.el" since its import into Emacs (in 2000). FWIW, 'mail-source-fetch-maildir' have this part commented since 2000 also. In GNU Emacs 31.0.50 (build 31, x86_64-unknown-openbsd7.7) of 2025-09-01 built on computer Repository revision: b52ccb997d598caa321141c0abb553d3b3803eee Repository branch: master Windowing system distributor 'The X.Org Foundation', version 11.0.12101018 System Description: OpenBSD computer 7.7 GENERIC.MP#10 amd64 Configured using: 'configure CPPFLAGS=3D-I/usr/local/include LDFLAGS=3D-L/usr/local/lib MAKEINFO=3Dgmakeinfo --prefix=3D/home/manuel/emacs --bindir=3D/home/manuel/bin --with-x-toolkit=3Dno --with-toolkit-scroll-bars=3Dno --without-cairo --without-dbus --without-gconf --without-gsettings --without-compress-install' --=-=-= Content-Type: text/x-patch Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=0001-Do-not-quote-From-when-fetching-from-IMAP.patch >From 8e1a23cc3868c2443ea45e218d6582fa00fcea8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Manuel Giraud Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2025 17:16:53 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP * lisp/gnus/mail-source.el (mail-source-fetch-imap): Do not quote "^From ". --- lisp/gnus/mail-source.el | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/lisp/gnus/mail-source.el b/lisp/gnus/mail-source.el index 5bf7c7c2b94..e82a77d4cb5 100644 --- a/lisp/gnus/mail-source.el +++ b/lisp/gnus/mail-source.el @@ -1097,12 +1097,7 @@ mail-source-fetch-imap (imap-fetch uid "RFC822.PEEK" 'RFC822 nil buf))) (push uid remove) (insert "From imap " (current-time-string) "\n") - (save-excursion - (insert str "\n\n")) - (while (let ((case-fold-search nil)) - (re-search-forward "^From " nil t)) - (replace-match ">From ")) - (goto-char (point-max)))) + (insert str "\n\n"))) (nnheader-ms-strip-cr)) (incf found (mail-source-callback callback server)) (mail-source-delete-crash-box) -- 2.51.0 --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain -- Manuel Giraud --=-=-=-- From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 02 11:34:05 2025 Received: (at 79370) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2025 15:34:05 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:35928 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utT1I-0005oC-T8 for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:34:05 -0400 Received: from mail-wr1-x42c.google.com ([2a00:1450:4864:20::42c]:51350) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_128_GCM_SHA256:128) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utT1C-0005nV-IO for 79370@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 11:34:01 -0400 Received: by mail-wr1-x42c.google.com with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-3cf991e8bb8so2607816f8f.2 for <79370@debbugs.gnu.org>; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:33:58 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1756827231; x=1757432031; darn=debbugs.gnu.org; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:references :in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id :reply-to; bh=IDG5ar+ZOdMgMjv4SSgeOAZv//tJR1FAFQBm/kjr75k=; b=DDP0eYzfiaX37FVCQzsSqGTLzi7ER1KObuYGacMgVhuVhcKXjJG+3NaAPIMN6qIW3N 8iTeGyFVX7ps/bARqYkniNIRirqmta4DNZ1rj5z0SZQLSyF8bE9uOTm2lLuTBXlAonzS H3dgMNJJvZAdOq3G6ccvYFDmKpjskP2cOU1tsufUMcd3z7Vb6pNYBNReoJUMsQlcu7J+ Fb/elzgWdU91NmfKlDTj0EM5gerCQRl96V4VK2cFrv7wssb5+DNQDlg+lu8fkv+3FtfP 1NTUHpfG3ExMcCU3H/tZMUybY7j/Eqv4qeHPAIP7JRG2ue/2t90p0tHkG7sT3xsDknrn mTgQ== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1756827231; x=1757432031; h=content-transfer-encoding:mime-version:message-id:date:references :in-reply-to:subject:cc:to:from:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc :subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=IDG5ar+ZOdMgMjv4SSgeOAZv//tJR1FAFQBm/kjr75k=; b=FENrbkYCRzaEkU1eFwXosuoKazeXrnCCsrqBelthJqeGSAhRZhsjQkyaKigN2dkYEa d4FhmjcJAq0HDkZDnrdkyPQGlWlG8kmFed5h48esQPu7u1V9rY3cR4ZW+fEBJl5JJBlh DLIcTeB7lX+lKPos/vcVMg8XYtFNkjNq0HOY4iMnOWIJwliLwp4Bwz4wXp/sijJ47ZIL CatvqJfUkLPZMAuWlBqQNf9S1hWnwb5hhaYaVrBwVixJ9GUYFC7IGrXXx7jU5ebGouYr XdL7pqMf7I6t0ftrpdXedWr1z6tzyQiF7iII7eh1+UHAeMKG3j7V1J9kOXVrhB0fuWkZ jfJA== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxyU/YcQDFRGKGUm0+s1aInT3dYYFZubOeojPtMPozFeWtOu8HO cBhW9Pq+AmoBFlLU+R1RjXDrDgqRIgXKxnb5ajoTve1bW8oNb9SBFqQk X-Gm-Gg: ASbGncuOi8moujwaANOE9z1OzKkWePa4/kLj/89yCTPfjdQMeZ1xfHOEKx3M+eS1gQt eBrzRgeQeGLMlYjUftE04cE0jQ8VMLHaJwCg5+tmbQzHwV54M+/hnMmbSKlu1amfuLgQRj4JPAV YnalpD9628vq2Qan7KlXo25kF11vxCmVyAonahT5ckog7VPu/sB9FM1FNvegHg2AOe+xMOfze9+ Dmb3JbBSLpYS3Xu1X+vBc9mLck3+1RMl0eGJypPili6RoyldOjIKdG8hlyd/mmIJZKrDkFoGxpr VL36SI+pw4WsL8DBIY8v5LcLcaTYrERl12S5WjwPaoE69fq4nvkLwhx7rvJ3+ZZwf8oV2yN0vhR 3V8JH+D4oCprBy6Dr/NJD X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IFgSwXoGGAdAhzOscix1lJPEu+NTtqS3GZlKwFbyHdOUSJkRl+/mhe4DWv/izs8imi5KBZ90g== X-Received: by 2002:a5d:64c9:0:b0:3d8:8f86:7b07 with SMTP id ffacd0b85a97d-3d88fa50562mr3758528f8f.61.1756827230524; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Received: from rltb ([2a01:e0a:3f3:fb51:5b6b:91a3:b35a:4cf9]) by smtp.gmail.com with ESMTPSA id 5b1f17b1804b1-45b7d9548edsm126979315e9.5.2025.09.02.08.33.49 (version=TLS1_3 cipher=TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 bits=256/256); Tue, 02 Sep 2025 08:33:50 -0700 (PDT) From: Robert Pluim To: Manuel Giraud Subject: Re: bug#79370: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP In-Reply-To: <87y0qwub8s.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> References: <87y0qwub8s.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:33:49 +0200 Message-ID: <87v7m0q36q.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 79370 Cc: 79370@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) >>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:26:11 +0200, Manuel Giraud said: Manuel> Tags: patch Manuel> Hi, Manuel> I'm using mail-source in Gnus to fetch mail from IMAP. Wheneve= r I get a Manuel> message with a line that start with "From " this line is quoted. Manuel> This patch removes this quirk=E2=80=A6 but maybe it was there f= or a reason. We Manuel> don't have the history for this modification since it is presen= t in the Manuel> code of "mail-source.el" since its import into Emacs (in 2000).= FWIW, Manuel> 'mail-source-fetch-maildir' have this part commented since 2000= also. mbox uses "From" at the start of a line as a separator between messages. If you=CA=BCre certain that the destination is not an mbox file, then not prepending '>' is ok. Robert --=20 From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 02 12:15:27 2025 Received: (at 79370) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2025 16:15:27 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36189 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utTfK-0008BR-OI for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:15:27 -0400 Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::10]:42958) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utTfH-0008Af-EA for 79370@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:15:24 -0400 Received: from fencepost.gnu.org ([2001:470:142:3::e]) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.90_1) (envelope-from ) id 1utTfB-0004ku-0i; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 12:15:17 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gnu.org; s=fencepost-gnu-org; h=MIME-version:References:Subject:In-Reply-To:To:From: Date; bh=bN8KCn++dpNVH0oF+FzytyIROc1s3x3+QZz/Bxh8nzg=; b=ovP79gyhow4QVAT9lQrp Sb7hWXFExPCZ6W9ysWUc1yHXdnz8d7SPIPmQf4YkUqc97jLU2B2f/yxlsPeyEruBbL/v6YV0PZuYQ IIR7iYTfTEXvPr7PnWCj2qHseCP8X/o0RC5AefVEWv8juyUUrFoYM0usMSHhJZ4YovkyGzaVYTiTN G1P3JpjgMJpc0C37d5C4tqvdTQjv/d5tqzJ6xIjrM/4WvJxmnhUEv9xVqGxh/2zPad95kl0x7Mxcy s3HydJ6TAVsWOgxuSckz8EuYc2eEQ0+Gsm4exHpfPAxCqeMxM7a10SHZiCobRULXXaMIE8nth1jEO LEc4UcP17Tn6GA==; Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:15:14 +0300 Message-Id: <86jz2gltkd.fsf@gnu.org> From: Eli Zaretskii To: Robert Pluim In-Reply-To: <87v7m0q36q.fsf@gmail.com> (message from Robert Pluim on Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:33:49 +0200) Subject: Re: bug#79370: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP References: <87y0qwub8s.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <87v7m0q36q.fsf@gmail.com> MIME-version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Spam-Score: -2.3 (--) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 79370 Cc: 79370@debbugs.gnu.org, larsi@gnus.org, manuel@ledu-giraud.fr X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -3.3 (---) > Cc: 79370@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen > From: Robert Pluim > Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:33:49 +0200 > > >>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:26:11 +0200, Manuel Giraud said: > > Manuel> Tags: patch > Manuel> Hi, > > Manuel> I'm using mail-source in Gnus to fetch mail from IMAP. Whenever I get a > Manuel> message with a line that start with "From " this line is quoted. > > Manuel> This patch removes this quirk… but maybe it was there for a reason. We > Manuel> don't have the history for this modification since it is present in the > Manuel> code of "mail-source.el" since its import into Emacs (in 2000). FWIW, > Manuel> 'mail-source-fetch-maildir' have this part commented since 2000 also. > > mbox uses "From" at the start of a line as a separator between > messages. Right, so this quoting is a must to keep the result in a valid mbox format. We have this quoting in several other places in Emacs. From debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Tue Sep 02 13:24:21 2025 Received: (at 79370) by debbugs.gnu.org; 2 Sep 2025 17:24:22 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1]:36448 helo=debbugs.gnu.org) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utUk1-00039g-5L for submit@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:24:21 -0400 Received: from ledu-giraud.fr ([51.159.28.247]:11181) by debbugs.gnu.org with esmtps (TLS1.2:ECDHE_RSA_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256) (Exim 4.84_2) (envelope-from ) id 1utUjw-00039R-JR for 79370@debbugs.gnu.org; Tue, 02 Sep 2025 13:24:18 -0400 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=ed25519-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=ed25519; bh=65epMVN6 Q2OnHFlwU/oArNFqC/NmdWjEcVh3h/1VsLk=; h=date:references:in-reply-to: subject:cc:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=ZeYBxWTJgyYGMZXJExzGuJYCsTeBrb aBCCg46cq3NoTrEwNkk0ykgU3GyFxAg/6VvuFgbW1nVpNxrnx8JJGrCQ== DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=simple/simple; s=rsa; bh=65epMVN6Q2OnHFlw U/oArNFqC/NmdWjEcVh3h/1VsLk=; h=date:references:in-reply-to:subject: cc:to:from; d=ledu-giraud.fr; b=kgd6IsJLYPoYI6yqr1S/RYl2W/wcFTDfy90Ba0 XSJtEQn38cqRqRXOI8pnL7B+el+tOZOq+br+703MRpk2VpBeTKWCHUKmDkjbn5bYdkvCR4 fVPqy1kkAqCeSI8LyzZ1FiVb5JmQ6dgmLm48hh+YlUaraKkgJopUqrHcAcmjvKcM/hF1TL y1157Bgzw4LoUwo12iVmEX1zL26Ba31Qh0liMgnJPCq4Hz6qG0sDVCzYedHXvdvwhKMGMq name8YfpToO07zhbe6DGy8uztl8Tjo6XMZSWptNuWoyYBad//Gx+C0Ni10VdpL0frx2KGb x+z8ESSFwym6lRzM2TH5gaeg== Received: from computer ( [10.1.1.1]) by ledu-giraud.fr (OpenSMTPD) with ESMTPSA id 835451f9 (TLSv1.3:TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384:256:NO); Tue, 2 Sep 2025 19:24:14 +0200 (CEST) From: Manuel Giraud To: Robert Pluim Subject: Re: bug#79370: [PATCH] Do not quote "^From " when fetching from IMAP In-Reply-To: <87v7m0q36q.fsf@gmail.com> References: <87y0qwub8s.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> <87v7m0q36q.fsf@gmail.com> Date: Tue, 02 Sep 2025 19:24:11 +0200 Message-ID: <87ecsou5s4.fsf@ledu-giraud.fr> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Spam-Score: 0.0 (/) X-Debbugs-Envelope-To: 79370 Cc: 79370@debbugs.gnu.org, Lars Magne Ingebrigtsen X-BeenThere: debbugs-submit@debbugs.gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.18 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: debbugs-submit-bounces@debbugs.gnu.org Sender: "Debbugs-submit" X-Spam-Score: -1.0 (-) Robert Pluim writes: >>>>>> On Tue, 02 Sep 2025 17:26:11 +0200, Manuel Giraud said: > > Manuel> Tags: patch > Manuel> Hi, > > Manuel> I'm using mail-source in Gnus to fetch mail from IMAP. Whene= ver I get a > Manuel> message with a line that start with "From " this line is quot= ed. > > Manuel> This patch removes this quirk=E2=80=A6 but maybe it was there= for a reason. We > Manuel> don't have the history for this modification since it is pres= ent in the > Manuel> code of "mail-source.el" since its import into Emacs (in 2000= ). FWIW, > Manuel> 'mail-source-fetch-maildir' have this part commented since 20= 00 also. > > mbox uses "From" at the start of a line as a separator between > messages. If you=CA=BCre certain that the destination is not an mbox file, > then not prepending '>' is ok. Ok so we'd have to add a test on the storage backend (I use nnml myself). Then maybe it is safer to keep this is as is for a relatively minor annoyance. --=20 Manuel Giraud