Saving mail in text format breaks formatting of the saved file by inserting line break between header and its value
Categories
(Thunderbird :: Message Reader UI, defect)
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(blocking-thunderbird3.1 -)
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(Reporter: mad.engineer, Unassigned)
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Comment 1•15 years ago
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Comment 2•15 years ago
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Comment 3•15 years ago
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Comment 6•15 years ago
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Comment 7•15 years ago
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Updated•14 years ago
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Comment 8•6 years ago
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Arthur, can you reproduce this issue?
Comment 9•6 years ago
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Just to preface my response, I'm on 66.0b3 x64. But, there is not longer an "Other Options > Save As" as is shown in the image from Comment 1. I simply did a File > Save As > File > and chose from the "Save As Type" dropdown to be Text File. I think it's the same effect.
As it relates to the formatting shown in the OP's image, I can confirm the header that's included when doing Save As to a Text File does have wonky formatting. When I do it, it appears as below and matches the P's formatting. I switched my View > Headers from "All" to Normal" to make it easier to work with it.
Appears as:
Subject:
Re: Issues installing software
From:
"User, Some" <S-User@someplace.come>
Date:
3/20/2019, 4:35 PM
To:
"Recipient, Some" <S-Recipient@someplace.com>
CC:
Some CC-User <S-CC-User@someplace.com>, Some CC-User2 <S-CC-User2@someplace.com>
Should probably look like:
Subject: Re: Issues installing software
From: "User, Some" <S-User@someplace.come>
Date: 3/20/2019, 4:35 PM
To: "Recipient, Some" <S-Recipient@someplace.com>
CC: Some CC-User <S-CC-User@someplace.com>, Some CC-User2 <S-CC-User2@someplace.com>
So it seems there are some excess line breaks munging up the header output. I cannot speak to the history or reason of why headers are being included but if you have View > Headers > All chosen, it's a hot mess.
But as for the message body, the output seems more or less formatted correctly and reflects the original message body including any quoted text sans any kind of greater than (>) notation indicating quoted text. It's simply tabbed for every level of quotation. At least it is in Notepad. In Notepad++ 7.6.4, I can see one level of quotation when there actually should be two. Please see both attachments.
Comment 10•6 years ago
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Comment 11•6 years ago
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Disregard what I said about Notepad++, the vertical line shown in the PNG indicates a tabbed space. So, all is well.
Comment 12•6 years ago
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(In reply to Arthur K. from comment #9)
But as for the message body, the output seems more or less formatted correctly and reflects the original message body including any quoted text sans any kind of greater than (>) notation indicating quoted text. It's simply tabbed for every level of quotation. At least it is in Notepad. In Notepad++ 7.6.4, I can see one level of quotation when there actually should be two. Please see both attachments.
Just wanted to follow up on this as I just had the chance to update to 67.0b1. Issue is still present but as for whether quotation (>) appears seems to depend on the email client / method that sent the reply message. Let me know if there's anything else you want me to test.
Updated•2 years ago
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