Re: howto decode mime-encoded header/body

[Alain Magloire]

> 
> 
> --ZmUaFz6apKcXQszQ
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
> Content-Disposition: inline
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm new to mailutils and I want to use it.
> I have a mail like :
> 
>     From bornet  Fri Oct  4 17:55:33 2002
>     From: Olivier Bornet some accents =3D?iso-8859-1?B?4Ono?=3D <Olivier.Bo=
> address@hidden>
>     To: Olivier Bornet <address@hidden>
>     Subject: test with accents =3D?iso-8859-1?B?KOng6Ck=3D?=3D
>     Mime-Version: 1.0
>     Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3Diso-8859-1
>     Content-Disposition: inline
>     Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> 
>     Hello,
> 
>     some accents : =3DE9=3DE8=3DE7.
> 
> Reading it with for example mutt give the correct lines for the From:,
> the Subject: and the body. Here they are :
> 
>     From: Olivier Bornet some accents =E0=E9=E8 <address@hidden
> h>
>     Subject: test with accents (=E9=E0=E8)
> 
>     some accents : =E9=E8=E7.
> 
> With mailutils, I have try with both readmsg and mimetest. Both don't
> decode the accentuated chars :
> 
>     From: Olivier Bornet some accents =3D?iso-8859-1?B?4Ono?=3D <Olivier.Bo=
> address@hidden>
>     Subject: test with accents =3D?iso-8859-1?B?KOng6Ck=3D?=3D
> 
>     some accents : =3DE9=3DE8=3DE7.
> 
> Is this normal and I must use an external decoder ? Or is this a
> "feature" of mailutils ? ;-)

There is actually no code in the library to deal with yet, unfortunate
However patches are more then welcome.