bounce/forward not working due to CR at line end

David Bremner david at tethera.net
Sat Nov 18 07:30:53 PST 2017


Kai Harries <kai.harries at gmail.com> writes:

> David Bremner <david at tethera.net> writes:
>>
>> Be that as it may, apparently your system is using CRLF.
>
> I am using gmailier [1] to sync my maildir. For testing purpose I just
> installed offlineimap and in contrast to gmailiier the mails on
> disk have no CRLF. 
>
> I am thinking about filing a ticket against gmailier because storing the
> emails with CRLF on a *nix is at least surprising.

I think that's a good idea. I'd like to understand whether there's a
good reason to support CRLF line endings in maildirs, or if it's just an
oversight.  I talked a bit to the neomutt maintainer on IRC, and such
line endings cause problems for some operations in neomutt as well.

d


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