LP sometimes inserts a `>' before the comment text in mails

[Dmitry Shachnev]

<mitya57> Why did Launchpad add '>' to the beginning of comment text in the mail? Compare:
<mitya57> http://paste.ubuntu.com/15604071/ — mail (leading >)
<mitya57> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gnome-flashback/+bug/1563735/comments/10 — original comment (no >)
<cjwatson> mitya57: That's mbox escaping, which email.message.Message.as_string does by default. Please file a bug - I think sendmail() probably wants to exercise a little more control over the details there
<cjwatson> mitya57: IOW: LP isn't deliberately doing it, but some libraries are too damned clever
<cjwatson> https://docs.python.org/2/library/email.message.html#email.message.Message.as_string

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Date: Sun, 03 Apr 2016 20:15:08 -0000
From: Dmitry Shachnev <email address hidden>
To: <email address hidden>
Subject: [Bug 1563735] Re: Recent gnome-flashback clears the background on
 login
Message-Id: <email address hidden>
X-Launchpad-Hash: e71f2eefc90618e00a752a183feb9e38388be6f2

>From all points of view, having the gray screen for one second is a
minor issue, and it's definitely doesn't make sense to disable
compositing manager just to get it fixed=E2=80=A6

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