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Re: [PATCH] Fix Subject when forwarding message with 2-line From
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Eli Zaretskii |
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Re: [PATCH] Fix Subject when forwarding message with 2-line From |
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Sat, 27 Nov 2021 18:58:32 +0200 |
> From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>
> cc: emacs-devel@gnu.org
> Date: Sat, 27 Nov 2021 07:59:45 -0800
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> Eli Zaretskii wrote:
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> > > From: Mike Kupfer <mkupfer@alum.berkeley.edu>
> > > Date: Fri, 26 Nov 2021 17:49:18 -0800
> > >
> > > Hi, is the attached patch to MH-E eligible for emacs-28, or should it go
> > > into master?
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> > I don't use MH-E, so I don't know how severe is the problem. Can you
> > tell?
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> I think the argument for fixing it now is this: if the user doesn't
> notice the problem and fix it before pressing C-c C-c, the attempt to
> forward can fail (e.g., get bounced by the mail server) because of the
> messed-up headers, and the user might have a hard time figuring out what
> happened.
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> On the other hand, I think 2-line From headers are fairly rare. I don't
> think I've ever hit this bug. Lester (the person thanked in the
> changeset comment) reported seeing it "once in awhile". It's been on
> the MH-E bug list (on SourceForge) since 2012.
Mmm... I guess it's okay to do this on the release branch. Thanks.