[Evolution] Bug#324820: evolution fails to decode and encode mime
message headers (rfc2047)
Marc Lehmann
debian-reportbug at plan9.de
Wed Aug 24 08:33:04 UTC 2005
Package: evolution
Version: 2.2.3-2
Severity: normal
When I start evolution with a mailto url (as might happen when it is
started by a program sucha s mozilla when clicking on mailto urls),
evolution fails to decode the url correctly and also fails to _encode_ the
header on send.
Example:
evolution "mailto:chicia at sathoid.com?Subject=%3D%3Fiso-8859-1%3Fq%3FTest%3D20%3DFC%3DF6%3DE4%3D20hal%3F%3D%0D%0A%09%3D%3Fiso-8859-1%3Fq%3Fl%3DF6chen%3D3F%3D20oi%3D20yes%3D3F%3D20[Ticket%3D20103]%3F%3D"
This is simply a mailto: url for chicia at sathoid.com with a subject of
"Test üöä hallöchen? oi yes?"
Then evolution fails to decode the Subject header, and presents me with a
subject of (verbatim):
=?iso-8859-1?q?Test=20=FC=F6=E4=20hal?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?l=F6chen=3F=20oi=20yes=3F=20[Ticket=20103]?=
The two components are separated by \015\012\011, CRLF-Tab. The tab
is displayed as a space, while CRLF are displayed as boxed "0D" "0A"
characters (i.e. verbatim CRLF as displayed by pango).
When sending the mail, evolution fails to _encode_ the header
correctly. The mail looks like this:
Mime-Version: 1.0
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?q?Test=20=FC=F6=E4=20hal?=
=?iso-8859-1?q?l=F6chen=3F=20oi=20yes=3F=20[Ticket=20103]?=
That is, the subject line is copied verbatim into the RFC message,
including the control characters. Unfortunately, as the header happens to
be a valid mime header, any receiving program will correctly decode the
message header and end up with "Test üöä hallöchen? oi yes?", which is
not the content of the Subject field upon sending the mail.
So evolution fails to correctly "escape" at least the subject mail header
when sending mime mails.
I've got to say that this is the firts case of two mostly unrelated bugs
that cancel each other out, except for a display problem :)
-- System Information:
Debian Release: testing/unstable
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (700, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable')
Architecture: amd64 (x86_64)
Shell: /bin/sh linked to /bin/dash
Kernel: Linux 2.6.11
Locale: LANG=C, LC_CTYPE=de_DE.UTF-8 (charmap=UTF-8)
Versions of packages evolution depends on:
ii evolution-data-serv 1.2.3-2 evolution database backend server
ii gconf2 2.10.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii gnome-icon-theme 2.10.1-2 GNOME Desktop icon theme
ii gtkhtml3.6 3.6.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - b
ii libart-2.0-2 2.3.17-1 Library of functions for 2D graphi
ii libatk1.0-0 1.10.1-2 The ATK accessibility toolkit
ii libaudiofile0 0.2.6-6 Open-source version of SGI's audio
ii libbonobo2-0 2.10.0-1 Bonobo CORBA interfaces library
ii libbonoboui2-0 2.10.0-1 The Bonobo UI library
hi libc6 2.3.5-4 GNU C Library: Shared libraries an
ii libcamel1.2-0 1.2.3-2 The Evolution MIME message handlin
ii libcomerr2 1.38-2 common error description library
ii libcompfaceg1 1989.11.11-24 Compress/decompress images for mai
ii libdb4.1 4.1.25-18 Berkeley v4.1 Database Libraries [
ii libebook1.2-3 1.2.3-2 Client library for evolution addre
ii libecal1.2-2 1.2.3-2 Client library for evolution calen
ii libedataserver1.2-4 1.2.3-2 Utily library for evolution data s
ii libedataserverui1.2 1.2.3-2 GUI utily library for evolution da
ii libesd0 0.2.36-1 Enlightened Sound Daemon - Shared
ii libfontconfig1 2.3.2-1 generic font configuration library
hi libfreetype6 2.1.7-2.2 FreeType 2 font engine, shared lib
ii libgail-common 1.8.4-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgail17 1.8.4-1 GNOME Accessibility Implementation
ii libgal2.4-0 2.4.3-1 G App Libs (run time library)
ii libgal2.4-common 2.4.3-1 G App Libs (common files)
ii libgconf2-4 2.10.1-1 GNOME configuration database syste
ii libgcrypt11 1.2.1-4 LGPL Crypto library - runtime libr
ii libglade2-0 1:2.5.1-2 library to load .glade files at ru
ii libglib2.0-0 2.8.0-1 The GLib library of C routines
ii libgnome-keyring0 0.4.3-1 GNOME keyring services library
ii libgnome-pilot2 2.0.12-1.3 Support libraries for gnome-pilot
ii libgnome2-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 library - runtime file
ii libgnomecanvas2-0 2.10.2-2 A powerful object-oriented display
ii libgnomeprint2.2-0 2.10.3-2 The GNOME 2.2 print architecture -
ii libgnomeprintui2.2- 2.10.2-2 GNOME 2.2 print architecture User
ii libgnomeui-0 2.10.1-1 The GNOME 2 libraries (User Interf
ii libgnomevfs2-0 2.10.1-5 The GNOME virtual file-system libr
ii libgnutls11 1.0.16-13.1 GNU TLS library - runtime library
ii libgpg-error0 1.1-4 library for common error values an
ii libgtk2.0-0 2.6.9-1 The GTK+ graphical user interface
ii libgtkhtml3.6-18 3.6.2-1 HTML rendering/editing library - r
ii libice6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 Inter-Client Exchange library
ii libjpeg62 6b-10 The Independent JPEG Group's JPEG
ii libkrb53 1.3.6-4 MIT Kerberos runtime libraries
ii libldap2 2.1.30-11 OpenLDAP libraries
ii libnspr4 2:1.7.8-1 Netscape Portable Runtime Library
ii libnss3 2:1.7.8-1 Network Security Service Libraries
ii liborbit2 1:2.12.2-3 libraries for ORBit2 - a CORBA ORB
ii libpango1.0-0 1.8.2-1 Layout and rendering of internatio
ii libpisock8 0.11.8-12 Library for communicating with a P
ii libpisync0 0.11.8-0.12.0-pre4-1 synchronization library for PalmOS
ii libpopt0 1.7-5 lib for parsing cmdline parameters
ii libsm6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System Session Management
ii libsoup2.2-7 2.2.3-2 an HTTP library implementation in
ii libtasn1-2 0.2.13-1 Manage ASN.1 structures (runtime)
ii libx11-6 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System protocol client li
ii libxml2 2.6.20-1 GNOME XML library
ii xlibs 6.8.2.dfsg.1-5 X Window System client libraries m
ii zlib1g 1:1.2.3-3 compression library - runtime
Versions of packages evolution recommends:
pn evolution-plugins <none> (no description available)
ii gnome-desktop-data 2.10.2-1 Common files for GNOME 2 desktop a
pn gnome-pilot-conduits <none> (no description available)
ii mozilla-psm 2:1.7.8-1 The Mozilla Internet application s
pn spamassassin <none> (no description available)
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