"Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64" does not decode properly
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claws-mail (Ubuntu) |
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Bug Description
Ubuntu Release: 11.04
Claws-Mail version: 3.7.8-1ubuntu4
Expected:
Email message sent to my mailbox with base64 encoding displayed as legible ASCII. Specifically: "I would have called, but I lost your number when I switched phones."
Observed:
Email message with base64 encoding displayed as illegible ASCII noise. Specifically: "V¦]=çt’
Steps to reproduce:
- Ask a friend using a smartphone/ cel-network palmtop computer (ie. RIM Blackberry) to send you an email.
- Some sites using MS Outlook + MS Exchange will also use Content-
- Use Claws-Mail to check message that arrives.
Further information:
Developers claim a similar problem with uudecoding on systems using unsigned *char has been fixed upstream in version 3.7.9 (see http://
ProblemType: Bug
DistroRelease: Ubuntu 11.04
Package: claws-mail 3.7.8-1ubuntu4
ProcVersionSign
Uname: Linux 2.6.38-
NonfreeKernelMo
Architecture: i386
Date: Sun Aug 21 21:03:07 2011
ExecutablePath: /usr/bin/claws-mail
ProcEnviron:
LANGUAGE=en_CA:en
LANG=en_CA.UTF-8
SHELL=/bin/bash
SourcePackage: claws-mail
UpgradeStatus: Upgraded to natty on 2011-04-01 (142 days ago)