[INFRA-15172] lists.a.o: drops blank line before From when exporting to mbox file

• Type: Bug
• Status: Closed
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: Sep 2017
• Component/s: Mail Archives
• Project: Infrastructure
• Epic Link: lists.apache.org issues
• Assignee: Daniel Gruno
• Reporter: Sebb
• Created: 26/Sep/17 14:11
• Updated: 19/Oct/17 11:27
• Resolved: 26/Sep/17 14:24

Description

The version of the code on lists.a.o does not handle quotiing of From_ lines correctly. It strips the previous blank line.

For example the following message [1] has the text:

-- cut here --
Random text

From Here to Eternity
-- cut here --

The same is true of the source [2]

However in the exported mbox file [3] (which is derived from [2]) the text is:

-- cut here --
Random text
>From Here to Eternity
-- cut here --

The blank line after 'Random text' has been dropped.

This does not appear to happen with the current PonyMail code; it looks like a local issue with the lists.a.o installation.

[1] https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/841ccdfa9cbc442708dbf38f2c607cad8c9e5fe3c883780a37b676e8@%3Cdev.ponymail.apache.org%3E
[2] https://lists.apache.org/api/source.lua/841ccdfa9cbc442708dbf38f2c607cad8c9e5fe3c883780a37b676e8@%3Cdev.ponymail.apache.org%3E
[3] https://lists.apache.org/api/mbox.lua?list=[e-mail]&date=2016-10