Re: auth-source patch for secure logging

[Ted Zlatanov <tzz@lifelogs.com>]

On Thu, 16 Jul 2009 08:55:23 -0700 (PDT) "Davis Herring" <herring@lanl.gov> wrote: 

TZ> Attached is a patch to auth-source.el that:
>> 
>> Of course, the actual patch file is optional on the first message.

DH> In fact, the grammar in RFC 2045 explicitly forbids a MIME boundary within
DH> any message whose body contains the words "attached", "attachment", or
DH> "attaching" (in any case) on a line that does not begin with a >, so as to
DH> avoid confusing pre-MIME MTAs that would mistake it for the beginning of a
DH> new, non-textual message in the DECnet style (much like the common problem
DH> of ">From" in mbox files).  Some modern MUAs can be configured to ignore
DH> this restriction since it's so rarely relevant now, but very few users
DH> know about those (non-compliant) features.

DH> So it's really not your fault.

DH> Davis

DH> PS - I hear that Google is actively flouting the RFC with their GMail
DH> service by explicitly asking the user if they meant to attach files when
DH> they request to send a compliant message.  Fortunately it's still an
DH> experimental ("Labs") feature, and the IETF has been notified.

DH> PPS - If replying to this message, be sure to use the > quotation style if
DH> you desire to attach any files; the body of this message (and this very
DH> postpostscript) include the words called out in the RFC.

This made my day, thanks Davis.

Ted