[horde] Is quoted-printable a problem

Michael M Slusarz slusarz at horde.org
Mon Jul 27 13:06:53 UTC 2015


Quoting Gary <witscher at gmail.com>:

> Hello,
>
> Running Arch Linux on a Lenovo T430 using Firefox.
>
> I get an email periodically from my bank that won't display in imp.  
> I can read it find in gmail or any desktop client I try. If I use  
> imp to open the message source the only thing that caches my eye is  
> this:
>
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=us-ascii
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
>
> The actual text of the message is readable when viewed in source  
> (it's an html message). However every line ends in an "=" sign and  
> all lines are perfectly aligned. Almost looks like it's encoded, but  
> the characters are all plain text. When I view the message in imp's  
> normal message view it's just a block of non-text characters:
>
> ℼ佄呃偙⁅瑨汭倠䉕䥌⁃ⴢ⼯㍗⽃䐯䑔䠠䵔⁌⸴‰牔湡楳楴湯污⼯久•栢瑴㩰⼯睷⹷㍷漮杲启⽒䕒ⵃ瑨汭〴氯潯敳搮摴㸢㰊砿汭攠据摯湩㵧唢䙔㠭㼢㰾瑨汭㰾敨摡㰾敭慴栠瑴⵰煥極㵶挢湯整瑮琭灹≥挠湯整瑮∽整瑸栯浴㭬挠慨獲瑥唽䙔㠭㸢洼瑥⁡瑨灴攭畱癩∽⵸湤⵳牰晥瑥档挭湯牴汯•
>
> I can't find any settings that affect this issue. This is the only  
> message source that causes this problem. Anyone have an idea how I  
> can fix this?

That text is *NOT* us-ascii.  Sounds like that message is completely broken.

michael

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