SuSE Mailibg-list stripping off MIME boundary of first part
Hello all: I have encounterd a very strange problem with SuSE's mailing-list with gpg-mime signed messages from Gnus. It seems like the mailing-list software is stripping the MIME boundary off the first part (text part) of the message thus leading to unreadable mail. For example, this is from the original message: <verbatim> --=-=-= Sorry for the intrusion- I am trying to track down why the mime boundaries were messed up in my previous post. This message is to see whether this is a one time thing or not. This has only happened once since I switched to Gnus for mail and it is with this list. Charles -- lp1 on fire (One of the more obfuscated kernel messages) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature </verbatim> After it has been processed by the list software, it becomes: <verbatim> Sorry for the intrusion- I am trying to track down why the mime boundaries were messed up in my previous post. This message is to see whether this is a one time thing or not. This has only happened once since I switched to Gnus for mail and it is with this list. Charles -- lp1 on fire (One of the more obfuscated kernel messages) --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature </verbatim> Notice the missing "--=-=-=". Have anyone seem this problem before? Charles -- There are no threads in a.b.p.erotica, so there's no gain in using a threaded news reader. (Unknown source)
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 07.56, Charles Phlip Chan wrote:
Hello all:
I have encounterd a very strange problem with SuSE's mailing-list with gpg-mime signed messages from Gnus. It seems like the mailing-list software is stripping the MIME boundary off the first part (text part) of the message thus leading to unreadable mail.
Yet more proof that Chris no longer is with us. Sad, isn't it They're using something called demime now.
On 30 Mar 2004, andjoh@rydsbo.net wrote:
Yet more proof that Chris no longer is with us. Sad, isn't it
I wasn't aware of that :-(. He has done a great job through out the years.
They're using something called demime now.
I see. This means that all rfc 2015 (pgp-mime) compliant messages will be messed up. How stupid... Charles -- There are no threads in a.b.p.erotica, so there's no gain in using a threaded news reader. (Unknown source)
* Charles Phlip Chan;
On 30 Mar 2004, andjoh@rydsbo.net wrote:
Yet more proof that Chris no longer is with us. Sad, isn't it
I wasn't aware of that :-(. He has done a great job through out the years.
They're using something called demime now.
I see. This means that all rfc 2015 (pgp-mime) compliant messages will be messed up. How stupid...
Although not sure can you try the following in your .gnus file ;; Workaround bug in ezmlm and perhaps other processors (setq mml-insert-mime-headers-always t) -- Togan Muftuoglu | Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer | Please reply to the list; http://susefaq.sf.net | Please don't put me in TO/CC. Nisi defectum, haud refiecendum
On 30 Mar 2004, toganm@dinamizm.com wrote:
Although not sure can you try the following in your .gnus file
;; Workaround bug in ezmlm and perhaps other processors (setq mml-insert-mime-headers-always t)
Thanks for the tip. Now let see if it works. Charles -- "...Unix, MS-DOS, and Windows NT (also known as the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly)." (By Matt Welsh)
* Charles Phlip Chan;
On 30 Mar 2004, toganm@dinamizm.com wrote:
Although not sure can you try the following in your .gnus file
;; Workaround bug in ezmlm and perhaps other processors (setq mml-insert-mime-headers-always t)
Thanks for the tip. Now let see if it works.
yes it does on this end -- Togan Muftuoglu | Unofficial SuSE FAQ Maintainer | Please reply to the list; http://susefaq.sf.net | Please don't put me in TO/CC. Nisi defectum, haud refiecendum
The Tuesday 2004-03-30 at 08:08 +0100, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Tuesday 30 March 2004 07.56, Charles Phlip Chan wrote:
Hello all:
I have encounterd a very strange problem with SuSE's mailing-list with gpg-mime signed messages from Gnus. It seems like the mailing-list software is stripping the MIME boundary off the first part (text part) of the message thus leading to unreadable mail.
Yet more proof that Chris no longer is with us. Sad, isn't it
They're using something called demime now.
They are using amavisd-new, and when a virus attachement is found, they run demime to delete it and allow the text part of the email to continue. In those cases, in the email you see something like these headers: X-AMaViS-Alert: INFECTED, message contains virus: Worm.SomeFool.Gen-1 X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: from multipart/mixed by demime 1.1d X-Converted-To-Plain-Text: Alternative section used was text/plain This is done on all suse lists, not only those that Chris handled. In this case his absence has nothing to do with it, they are just trying to cope with the malware that was making to the list and got broadcasted. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 20.41, Carlos E. R. wrote:
they are just trying to cope with the malware that was making to the list and got broadcasted.
and the difference between now and before is...? Before, the attachments were stripped and the harmless but annoying text was sent on. Now the attachments are stripped and the harmless but annoying text is sent through together with a few extra bytes informing people that yes, this is (or was) indeed a virus. Yippee yay-o kay-yay
The Wednesday 2004-03-31 at 21:38 +0200, Anders Johansson wrote:
On Wednesday 31 March 2004 20.41, Carlos E. R. wrote:
they are just trying to cope with the malware that was making to the list and got broadcasted.
and the difference between now and before is...?
Before, not all attachements were removed - for example, in the security list, none: and the viruses got broadcast. Now, emails are scanned for viruses and removed. This solution has been implemented for all lists the same, as far as I know.
Before, the attachments were stripped and the harmless but annoying text was sent on. Now the attachments are stripped and the harmless but annoying text is sent through together with a few extra bytes informing people that yes, this is (or was) indeed a virus. Yippee yay-o kay-yay
Beacause this list has had the policy of removing attaches, but not every suse list had. Now, they simply have implemented the same new scanner for all suse lists - and I think that happens before it gets to the list server itself. It was quite "interesting" to see virus mails been sent by the list server to the security list - complete, with the load intact. Also, on this list, I have received ezmlm responses asking if I wanted to unsusbscribe - for example - together with a virus atachement. That was certainly not nice to receive from a company like suse... This solution is new, so people noticing problems should report them to the list-owner, IMO. -- Cheers, Carlos Robinson
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