[dev] Found an email that breaks activesync

Michael J Rubinsky mrubinsk at horde.org
Sun Nov 11 20:39:52 UTC 2012


Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:

> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>
>> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>>
>>> Quoting mrubinsk at horde.org:
>>>
>>>> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>>
>>>>> Quoting mrubinsk at horde.org:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>>
>>>>>>> Quoting Michael J Rubinsky <mrubinsk at horde.org>:
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> Quoting Brent <impuser at bitrealm.com>:
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Here's a message that breaks a users ActiveSync.  If you  
>>>>>>>>> remove it from the Inbox, ActiveSync works.  When you put it  
>>>>>>>>> back, ActiveSync breaks.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> http://www.bitrealm.com/misc/activesync/broke-email
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> Again, sorry for going off-list, but I should not post this  
>>>>>>>>> in the groups.  This is standard email format.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>> It works if you set the phone to use Imap instead of  
>>>>>>>>> ActiveSync, and the Horde UI doesn't have a problem with it.
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>> I have no problems syncing this email with ActiveSync...
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I created a new user, then moved this email into their Inbox  
>>>>>>> and ActiveSync breaks.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> I've included the sync log with this message in the Inbox.   
>>>>>>> I'm usind dovecot as the Imap server.  Again, the email  
>>>>>>> works/displays fine in the Horde UI.
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>> brent
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>
>>>>>> No attachment...
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Sending attachment again.
>>>>>
>>>>> brent
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>> The log doesn't show thing wrong that I can see. I tested locally  
>>>> on two android devices and an iPad. All worked fine.
>>>>
>>>> I'm not sure if the ipad was ios 5 or 6 though, so will test  
>>>> again against another ios 6 device later. Not really sure what to  
>>>> test though, as the data being sent looks ok.
>>>>
>>>
>>> In the log, I see the message listed three times.  Why is that?  I can
>>> try an iPad too...it is the latest one that I THINK shipped with ios 6.
>>> Though, the iphone is ios 5, as I recall.  I can verify.  It is interesting
>>> that only this message has a problem.  I'll see if the sender can re-send
>>> a new message and see what happens.
>>>
>>> brent
>>
>> Ok, I'm pretty sure I've got this one fixed. I still can't  
>> reproduce it with your message, but I've started seeing similar  
>> problems on other messages. If I'm correct, it was an issue with  
>> truncating the body text before it was decoded in certain cases.   
>> Try upgrading to the latest Horde/ActiveSync package and let me  
>> know if this has been fixed for you.
>>
>
> ActiveSync 2.0.4 has allowed me to sync with that message!  Great news.

w00t!
-- 
mike

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