Inews and long headers

[Julien ÉLIE]

Hi Kamil,
>>> Now I have problem with lines
>>>
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
>>> Header-name:
>>>    aaaaa
>>> --8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---
>>> but I am not sure if this is properly formatted line.
>>
>> Header-name:\r\n aaaaa\r\n
>> is malformatted.  A space is needed after the colon.
> 
> Roma locuta, causa finita. :)

It is not a fatality :)

This format is not allowed at injection time (inews), which does not 
mean it cannot be fixed at posting time (mailpost).
mailpost should convert mails to valid Netnews articles.  It already 
adds a space after the colon, so I believe the issue in your above 
example is in fact an empty header line (the first line, without any 
non-whitespace chars in header body).


Something like this could work.  (Not tested.)

--- mailpost.in	(révision 10159)
+++ mailpost.in	(copie de travail)
@@ -224,6 +224,11 @@
          next;
      }

+    # Remove empty header lines within header body.
+    s/\n[ \t]+\n/\n/g;          # middle
+    s/\n[ \t]+$//;              # last line
+    s/^([^:]+):[ \t]+\n/$1/;    # first line
+
      if (/^($exclude):\s*/sio) {
  	$real_news_hdrs .= "$_\n";
  	next;



Of course, if you have a better patch, do not hesitate to share.

-- 
Julien ÉLIE

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