Re: [bug-mailutils] quoted-printable decoding

[Richard Dawe]

Hello.

Shashank Kavishwar wrote:
> In filter_trans.c, the qp_deocde() function replaces all ‘_’ characters 
> with <SPACE).>
>
> RFC 2047 states that the ‘_’ should be replaced with <SPACE> in “Q” 
> encodings, where a wide range of printable characters are used in 
> non-critical locations within the message header (e.g., Subject).
>
> RFC 2045, which defines the “Quoted-Printable” content transfer 
> encoding, says no such specific thing about the ‘_’ being replaced with 
> <SPACE>.
[snip]

I agree with your interpretation of the RFCs. qp_encode() should not 
intepret '_' specially for a Content-Transfer-Encoding of quoted-printable.

Bye, Rich =]

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