445742 - An odd space in the text of received message

Status: RESOLVED INVALID

(Thunderbird :: Mail Window Front End, defect)

Description

[Bernard THOORENS]

User-Agent:       Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.1; fr; rv:1.9.0.1) Gecko/2008070208 Firefox/3.0.1
Build Identifier: version 2.0.0.14 (20080421)

there are 2 unexpected spaces in the text of the message received :
Un commercial efficace pour v otre business ! (v space otre)
and
Pour acqu&eac ute;rir un commercial efficace et obtenir plus d'informations :
(acqué space rir)

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. an ad message composed with an HTML editor, sent to me as a test before mass-mailing
2. this message appears in thunderbird with two spaces in the text 
3. sent as a mass-mailing: the same problem appears
4. received in Gmail, result: doesn't bug 
Actual Results:  
The text as it appears in TB window (copied-pasted from TB window):
"Un commercial efficace pour v otre business !"
but the source code is correct: "Un commercial efficace pour votre business !"
A second space appears in the text: 
"Pour acqu&eac ute;rir un commercial efficace et obtenir plus d'informations :"
and the source is:
"<p>Pour acqu&eac
 ute;rir un commercial efficace et obtenir plus d'informations&nbsp;:<br />..."

Expected Results:  
no spaces in the read text when not written

if you want to see a hard copy or the forwarded message, don't hesitate to ask me, it will be with pleasure
[e-mail]

Comment 2

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

> 3. sent as a mass-mailing: the same problem appears
> 4. received in Gmail, result: doesn't bug 

Sounds like your mailing-list software or smtp server does something it shouldn't. Are the odd space in the copy of the mail in your sent folder?

Comment 3

[Bernard THOORENS]

no

Comment 4

[Magnus Melin [:mkmelin]]

Then it's not thunderbird, but some server along the way that modifies it incorrectly.
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