229584 - pop3 download of message with bad character (0x00) confuses mozilla

Status: RESOLVED DUPLICATE of bug 223062

(MailNews Core :: Networking, defect)

Description

[Willi Mann]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3
Build Identifier: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031107 Debian/1.5-3

If I get mail containing a bad character (seen at least with 0x00), Mozilla Mail
doesn't send anything to the server. The mozilla icon indicates that the
connection stays open (verified by the Ethereal logs). After the connection
terminates (server timeout) Mozilla doesn't react to further "get messages" clicks. 

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. A mail with a 0x00 must be in one of the pop3 boxes.
2. Try to download the messages. The first with that bad character will cause
the problem.
3.

Actual Results:  
mozilla refuses to properly handle bad messages.

Expected Results:  
should worn about non-rfc-compatible mail, remove the bad characters, continue
the pop3 session.

Comment 1

[Willi Mann]

Attachment: Failed pop3 log in text-format

Failed pop3 log in text-format

Comment 2

[Willi Mann]

Attachment: pop3 log in hex format

note the double 0x00 at the and of the mail

Comment 3

[Willi Mann]

Concerning Reproduceable: Always: 

It worked today possibly because the bad mail was no more the last mail in the
pop3 box. 

Comment 4

[Christian Eyrich]

This bug has already been fixed some time ago. Please always test with a quite
recent build before submitting a bug.

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of 223062 ***