I seem to remember there being a common human readable encoding from 8
to 7bit that leaves most text untouched. We should encode machine
generated messages like bug reports that way, should be safe enough.

Daniel

Ned Konz <ned at bike-nomad.com> wrote:
> I just tried to send out a bug report, but my mail server was 
> rejecting it.
> 
> I found that one of the instance variables -- a String containing 
> binary junk -- contained a LF character, some NUL characters, etc.
> 
> I suspect that Celeste should be more careful about what it sends out 
> to make sure that it's properly encoded for RFC822.
> 
> The problem here was that a bare LF was sent, and that non-ASCII 
> characters (code >127) were also sent.
> 
> Both are not expected in an RFC822 mail message.
> 
> 822bis section 2.3, specifically prohibits all bare LFs.
> 
> -- 
> Ned Konz
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