[MLUG] extra whitespace in subject lines

[Mike Miller <EMAIL:PROTECTED>]

Here's something else I postponed back in July.  I think this must explain 
why our subject lines sometimes get extra spaces in them.  Surprisingly, 
perhaps, it's a Python bug.  --Mike


---------- Forwarded message ----------
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2008 13:40:27 -0500 (CDT)
From: Sean C. Farley <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
To: Alpine Info <EMAIL:PROTECTED>
Subject: Re: [Alpine-info] weird behavior in saving messages from one folder to another

On Mon, 30 Jun 2008, Benjamin R. Haskell wrote:

*snip*

> No, it's not a question of multiple-WSP folding. The continuation line 
> created by Mailman begins with a single tab, not multiple spaces. So, 
> it's valid by the grammar. But, Mailman has altered the logical form of 
> the line.
> 
> As sent by Alpine:
> 
> on-the-wire: Subject: SP a SP long CRLF SP header
> Logical:     Subject: SP a SP long SP header
> 
> 
> As passed on by Mailman:
> 
> on-the-wire: Subject: SP a SP long CRLF HTAB header
> Logical:     Subject: SP a SP long HTAB header

It appears that it actually is a longstanding bug[1] in Python.  The 
reason I see it frequently is that I am subscribed to many Mailman-based 
lists.

Is there anyone with influence in Python development that could push to 
have this bug fixed?

Sean
   1. http://bugs.python.org/issue1372770
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