[horde] Is quoted-printable a problem

[Simon B]

On 27 Jul 2015 15:12, "Michael M Slusarz" <slusarz at horde.org> wrote:
>
> 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:
>>
>>
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>>
>> 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.

I've seen this before.  I don't remember exactly, but the text is double
encoded.  I.e. it's ascii being reported as UTF-8 and then being "encoded"
to ascii again.

Simon