[imp] Headers decoding

[Matus UHLAR - fantomas]

On 17.10.07 22:48, Han Spruyt wrote:
> An encoded string in a From: header like this:
> 
> From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?T=EBst 1=2C Student?= <student at domain.com>
> 
> is parsed like Tëst 1, Student <student at domain.com>
> 
> So, the display name is not between quotes. It is fed like this in the  
> address processing causing headaches of course because of the comma  
> being an address separator.
> 
> Searching the internet I found several statements that the  
> encoding(whithout quotes) is RFC compliant, but not being an RFC  
> expert at all.....

that encoding is surely not RFC compliant. There must not be spaces in encoded
word. They have to be replaced with underscores, or =20 strings.
(see rfc 2047, section 2)

I know this is not what you asked for, but I couldn't help myself. Even
SpamAssassin gives high score here.

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