Re: Weird subject wrapping

[prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc)]

Hannu Koivisto <azure@iki.fi> writes:
> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
> 
> | RFC822 (3.1.1) says: "Unfolding is accomplished by regarding CRLF
> | immediately followed by a LWSP-char as equivalent to the LWSP-char."
> | 
> | So the leading whitespace shouldn't be removed, which means extra
> | whitespace, other than the line break, shouldn't have been inserted.
> 
> You mean "other than the line break and one space"?

No, I meant what I said.  If "foo bar" is encoded as "foo<CRLF> bar"
(only a line break is inserted, before the existing space), then it
will be decoded as "foo bar", according to RFC822.  If it is encoded
instead as "foo<CRLF>  bar" (a line break and a space are inserted),
then it will be decoded as "foo  bar".

> And, in addition, Gnus shouldn't insert extra whitespace to the
> subject display.  I.e. now, a subject that is ok by that RFC,
> 
> """
> Subject: COMMERCIAL: Extensys 1.0.1 Released. - Linux based platform for
>  developing communications applications
> """
> 
> shows in the summary buffer like this:
> 
> "...for  developing..."

Yes, there should be only one space there, according to the RFC.


paul