Am 2009-06-11 14:45:07, schrieb Helmut Grohne:
> Package: mutt
> Version: 1.5.19-4
> Severity: wishlist
> Tags: patch
> 
> When copying or moving/saving messages mutt adds Lines and
> Content-Length headers. This is necessary for certain mbox formats,
> because otherwise a line beginning with "From " in the message body is
> difficult to disambiguate from the next message. However these headers
> are not usefull for storages likes Maildir or imap. Even worse when
> moving a message without these headers between Maildir folders the
> contents change and therefore checksum-based synchronization tools have
> to retransmit the whole message without this being necessary. It would
> therefore be a good to not add these headers in the latter case.

Sorry but checksums should only be done one the Body and NOT the headers
which are object of dynamic changes.

> Fortunately Emanuele Giaquinta has a short patch for this. All it does
> is disable adding these headers for Maildir and imap destinations. It
> can be found at http://tmp.tomaw.net/mutt-copy.diff.
> 
> Helmut

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day/Evening
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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