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From: Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org>
To: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
Cc: 51733@debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: bug#51733: 27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better
Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 15:25:12 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <83lezbsvrb.fsf@gnu.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <87r193c1bz.fsf@gnus.org> (message from Lars Ingebrigtsen on Wed,  19 Jan 2022 14:16:48 +0100)

> From: Lars Ingebrigtsen <larsi@gnus.org>
> Cc: 51733@debbugs.gnu.org
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2022 14:16:48 +0100
> 
> Eli Zaretskii <eliz@gnu.org> writes:
> 
> > But From is not the only place where a suspicious address could hide.
> > It could also be in the body, or in the quotation parts.  We cannot
> > rely on header decoding alone to do this job well.
> 
> The scope of the relevant implemented functions are to determine if the
> (on-wire) mail headers are suspicious or not, and do so reliably.  We
> can add a slew of other functions for other types of DWIM
> suspiciousness, of course, but that's outside the remit.

I disagree with this narrow definition of the scope.  textsec is more
general, and should not limit itself to specific wire protocols.

I'm not asking to _replace_ RFC2047 support, I'm saying that we should
also support email addresses that were already decoded, for the use
cases where that could be more convenient or where the wire level is
unavailable.  Why would you object to extending these functions so
that they could support decoded email addresses?  What harm could that
possibly do?





  reply	other threads:[~2022-01-19 13:25 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 123+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2021-11-10  0:29 bug#51733: 27.1; Detect impossible email addresses better 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2021-11-10  0:42 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-10  3:34   ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-10  4:44     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-10 13:39       ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-11  2:52         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2021-11-11  7:01           ` Eli Zaretskii
2021-11-11  7:31             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 15:47               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 16:03                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 16:09                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 16:14                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 16:33                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 16:44                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 17:03                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 17:50                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 18:18                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17  8:59                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 10:18                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 14:54                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 16:47                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 17:09                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:19                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 17:26                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:38                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:48                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 19:08                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 20:22                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18  8:40                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 11:26                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 11:37                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 11:44                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 12:00                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 12:47                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 12:51                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 18:44                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19  9:21                                                                       ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19  9:26                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 10:12                                                                           ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 10:27                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 10:42                                                                               ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 13:46                                                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 17:18                                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-20  8:36                                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 11:53                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 12:49                                                                           ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 12:56                                                                             ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:00                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:03                                                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 12:58                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:02                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:06                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:10                                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:21                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:25                                                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:28                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:39                                                                                 ` Robert Pluĭm
2022-01-19 14:00                                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:10                                                                                     ` Robert Pluĭm
2022-01-19 14:24                                                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:30                                                                                         ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 14:36                                                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:43                                                                                             ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 16:08                                                                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-19 16:47                                                                                       ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19 16:51                                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 16:57                                                                                           ` Robert Pluim
2022-01-19  9:25                                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 11:51                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 12:54                                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:01                                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:06                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:11                                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:16                                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:25                                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii [this message]
2022-01-19 13:31                                                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 13:35                                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:36                                                                             ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-19 13:57                                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:06                                                                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-19 14:09                                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:13                                                                                     ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-19 14:33                                                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:39                                                                                         ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-19 14:44                                                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 18:48                                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-18 20:15                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-18 20:31                                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:38                                                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 15:05                                                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 12:49                                                                     ` Michael Albinus
2022-01-19 12:59                                                                       ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:35                                                                     ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 14:59                                                                 ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:56                                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-18 14:55                                                           ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 13:55                                                   ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:14                                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 14:28                                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 14:57                                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 15:45                                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-19 16:58                                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-19 18:25                                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:42                                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 17:46                                                 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 15:22                                     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 15:25                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 15:53                                       ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 16:31                                         ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 16:52                                         ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 16:57                                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:02                                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-17 17:04                                               ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-16 18:14                             ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 18:24                               ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 18:34                                 ` Andreas Schwab
2022-01-16 18:44                                   ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-16 17:53                         ` Achim Gratz
2022-01-17 17:13                           ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-17 17:43   ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson
2022-01-17 19:06     ` Eli Zaretskii
2022-01-20  8:57 ` Lars Ingebrigtsen
2022-01-20 15:25   ` 積丹尼 Dan Jacobson

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