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On Tuesday, November 27 at 04:31 PM, quoth Frank Bulk:
> For example, what was:
> Subject: A DSL modem belonging to username 'username' is constantly
> reconnecting (112 times)
> in the headers is now:
> Subject: A DSL modem belonging to username 'username' is constantly
> reconnecting (112 times)
>
> That wouldn't be so bad because this behavior is compliant with RFC 2822,
> but Outlook 2003 and 2007 don't unfold it nicely, only removing the
> CR/LF and not the tab. It really looks quite awful in my inbox.
Wait, it adds a TAB? That's not compliant with RFC 2822. According to
section 2.2.3:
Unfolding is accomplished by simply removing any CRLF
that is immediately followed by WSP.
Translation: inserting tabs for "prettiness" is *wrong*. It doesn't
say that when folding you're allowed to insert arbitrary whitespace.
In fact, it only says in order to wrap a header you're allowed to
insert a CRLF before any (pre-existing) WSP. For once, Outlook is
right, and mutt is wrong.
> I haven't found a way for Outlook to deal with this correctly,
> though I'm open to suggestions.
Technically, Outlook *is* dealing with it correctly.
> Failing that, is there a way I can revert mutt's behavior to the
> earlier release? I don't see any command-line option or anything
> describing how mutt even decides what length the subject line needs
> to be before folding.
Unfortunately no... I suggest filing a bug report. :(
~Kyle
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