[ python-Bugs-1470212 ] mailbox.PortableUnixMailbox fails to parse 'From ' in body

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Bugs item #1470212, was opened at 2006-04-13 23:35
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Wont Fix
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Lars Kellogg-Stedman (larsks)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: mailbox.PortableUnixMailbox fails to parse 'From ' in body

Initial Comment:
I have a Unix mailbox file that contains the following
text in the body of a message:

---[ cut here ]---
EFCO also offers casements with integral blinds. See:=20
http://www.efcocorp.com/public/earm/products/default.asp?j=3D1&P=3D43&L=3D=
1=20
>From that page, select select "Features and Benefits"
from under the
heading "Product Overview"=20
---[ cut here ]---

mailbox.PortableUnixMailbox erroneously interprets the
"From" at the beginning of the line as the beginning of
a new message.  Since 'From ' is only a valid header at
the  beginning of a message, perhaps the module could
look at the following line and see if it looks like an
RFC2822 header before accepting 'From ' as a message
delimiter.


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>Comment By: A.M. Kuchling (akuchling)
Date: 2006-08-02 08:28

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See the comment in mailbox.py in the UnixMailbox class, too.
 UnixMailbox uses a stricter regex to look for from lines,
but this proves too strict in practice so
PortableUnixMailbox is much less strict.  mbox format isn't
very good, and we're just stuck with this behaviour.

Closing this bug as "won't fix".


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Comment By: Hasan Diwan (hdiwan650)
Date: 2006-04-14 04:30

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Use rfc822.py in lieu of mailbox to first parse the message
into an rfc822.Message... then pass it to the
Mailbox.PortableUnixMailbox constructor. 

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