[boost] Re: [tokenizer and token_iterator] requestforpolicyorredesign

From: David Abrahams (dave_at_[hidden])
Date: 2004-09-30 08:30:35

"Jeff Flinn" <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> writes:

> "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
> news:upt44x3id.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> "Jeff Flinn" <TriumphSprint2000_at_[hidden]> writes:
>>
>> > "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>> > news:u7jqdyp4m.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> >> "Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> >>
>> >> > "David Abrahams" <dave_at_[hidden]> wrote in message
>> >> > news:upt452u2a.fsf_at_boost-consulting.com...
>> >> >> "Gennadiy Rozental" <gennadiy.rozental_at_[hidden]> writes:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> your mailer is squeezing spaces out of subject lines again, it looks
>> >> >> like.
>> >> >
>> >> > I am using Outlook Express News Reader now. Do you know any options
> that
>> >> > manage that?
>> >>
>> >> No, but I used the same newsreader for years and never experienced
>> >> this problem.  I suggest Cc'ing yourself on your next postings to see
>> >> if it's happening at your end or elsewhere.  I also suggest making
>> >> sure you post in plain text and not HTML (in case that's what you're
>> >> doing).
>> >
>> > I've tried to reproduce the problem on gmane.test, but I do not get the
>> > "squeezed" subject text using OutlookExpress. I tried both plain and
> html.
>> >
>> > It's not just Gennadiy, but also Thorsten and some others on the list as
>> > well. The subject of the root of this thread had a carriage return
> and/or
>> > linefeed and tab as white space.
>>
>> Could you explain what you mean in more detail?
>
> Thorsten's original subject for this thread:
>
> "[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy or redesign"
>
> Is actually boken into two lines, the second prepended with a '^H' tab
> character, as in:

That's odd.  ^H is usually a backspace.  Tab is ^I.

> line1>[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy or
> line2>    redesign

I see a newline followed by a tab.  Is that legal in a RFC422 message
header?

> When viewing the original message source via the OutlookExpress(OE) File >>
> Properties >> Details >> Message Source.
>
> Any replies created using OE for a message with a subject containing '^H'
> follow this pattern:
>
> line1>[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy or
> line2>    redesign
>
> reply:
>
> line1>[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for policy
> line2>    orredesign
>
> reply:
>
> line1>[tokenizer and token_iterator] request for
> line2>    policyorredesign
>
> ...
>
>> > I tried cutting/pasting in a tab into OE, but it is received as
>> > text.
>>
>> Can you explain that one too?
>
>
> I meant to say that the tab was replaced by equivalent spaces rather than
> the explict '^H' tab character. I created text in an editor " test^Htest ",
> and pasted it into the subject line in OutlookExpress(OE), to see if this
> might be the cause of the problem.

Thanks for the explanation.  Maybe Thorsten's mailer is at fault for
inserting the newline?

-- 
Dave Abrahams
Boost Consulting
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