email.generator.Generator doesn't mangle "From " lines in MIME preamble

[ChrisPickett]

BPO	15232
Nosy	@warsaw, @bitdancer, @akheron
Files	maildir_bug.tar.gz

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assignee = None
closed_at = <Date 2012-07-23.01:56:22.563>
created_at = <Date 2012-07-01.05:02:24.753>
labels = ['type-bug', 'library', 'expert-email']
title = 'email.generator.Generator doesn\'t mangle "From " lines in MIME preamble'
updated_at = <Date 2012-07-30.05:23:48.694>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/ChrisPickett'

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actor = 'Chris.Pickett'
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closed_date = <Date 2012-07-23.01:56:22.563>
closer = 'r.david.murray'
components = ['Library (Lib)', 'email']
creation = <Date 2012-07-01.05:02:24.753>
creator = 'Chris.Pickett'
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files = ['26221']
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issue_num = 15232
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message_count = 7.0
messages = ['164450', '164493', '166195', '166196', '166262', '166319', '166857']
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = 'fixed'
stage = 'resolved'
status = 'closed'
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url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue15232'
versions = ['Python 2.7', 'Python 3.2', 'Python 3.3']

[ChrisPickett]

tar xvfz maildir_bug.tar.gz
cd maildir_bug
./bug.sh

The attachment contains a maildir with a single message. This message has two body lines beginning with 'From '. When converted to mbox using the maildir2mbox.py, only the second line gets a '>' at the beginning. Thunderbird subsequently splits the message in two. I think the fix is to put a '>' in front of each 'From ' line and not just the second one. However, when I did that, Thunderbird displayed the '>', so either it is not the right fix, or Thunderbird has a bug.

I am using Python 2.7.1. I searched the bug tracker and didn't see this issue, so decided to file even though I don't have the latest version.

Chris

[akheron]

Hi and thanks for the report. It seems that this is a bug in email.generator.Generator, as it fails to mangle "From " lines in the MIME preamble (after the headers, before the first "--Boundary..." line).

[python-dev]

New changeset b97f65f2298d by R David Murray in branch '3.2':
bpo-15232: correctly mangle From lines in MIME preamble and epilogue
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/b97f65f2298d

New changeset 80b81658455b by R David Murray in branch 'default':
Merge bpo-15232: correctly mangle From lines in MIME preamble and epilogue
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/80b81658455b

New changeset 9f500171c592 by R David Murray in branch '2.7':
bpo-15232: correctly mangle From lines in MIME preamble and epilogue
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/9f500171c592

[bitdancer]

Same problem with the epilogue. Fixed both.

[akheron]

Thanks. The news entry should probably say 'From ' instead of 'From'.

[python-dev]

New changeset 0caff799e4bf by R David Murray in branch '3.2':
bpo-15232: make NEWS entry more accurate.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/0caff799e4bf

New changeset d53524c43d0e by R David Murray in branch 'default':
bpo-15232: make NEWS entry more accurate.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/d53524c43d0e

New changeset e9ffde2c7da3 by R David Murray in branch '2.7':
bpo-15232: make NEWS entry more accurate.
http://hg.python.org/cpython/rev/e9ffde2c7da3

[ChrisPickett]

Thanks everyone!