On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 04:49:33PM +0000, Ian Collier via Mutt-dev wrote: > On Thu, Jan 29, 2026 at 03:55:22PM UTC, Vincent Lefevre wrote: > > About the format of "From " lines, there is RFC 4155, but it was > > written in 2005 (thus it is more or less pointless for older mbox > > files) and is only informational. > > https://xkcd.com/927/ > > > There are at least 2 bugs in Mutt (see an example below): > > > > 1. In some cases, it fails to generate an email address having the > > "addr-spec" syntax from RFC 2822. > > > > 2. The generated timestamp is set to the local time instead of UTC time. > > I hardly think your #2 could be considered a bug.
Neither could #1. It's an information-only RFC, it's not standards track. It was a sly attempt to sneak in a standard for mbox, when there already existed numerous contradictory implementations for decades before it was published. In short, it's bunk, and should never have been published. Your XKCD reference is on point. -- Derek D. Martin http://www.pizzashack.org/ GPG Key ID: 0xDFBEAD02 -=-=-=-=- This message is posted from an invalid address. Replying to it will result in undeliverable mail due to spam prevention. Sorry for the inconvenience.
