Re: rmail-reply problem [Re: Deeper freeze for Emacs-23 branch soon]

[Chong Yidong]

Kenichi Handa <address@hidden> writes:

> I've just found that rmail-reply still inserts raw headers
> in a reply buffer as something like these:
>
>   From: =?utf-8?B?0JrQvtC90L7QvSDQkNGE0LDQvdCw0YHRjNC10LLQuNGH?= 
> <address@hidden>
>   Subject: =?utf-8?B?0JrQu9C10L3QvtCy0YvQuSDRgdC40YDQvtC/Lg==?=
>
> As a result, sending such a message results in
> doubly-decoded headers and thus mail clients receiving such
> messages don't show the correct strings.
>
> I have not noticed this problem because I've been using a
> special hook to workaround it.  :-(
>
> The simplest and safe fix seems to be the attached one.
> But, I'm not sure installing it satisfies the criteria of
> "deep freeze" (although I strongly recommend it).
>
> Please judge it.

Yes, this ought to be fixed for 23.3.  Your patch seems to do the right
thing; please commit it, and thanks for spotting this.