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email library could "recover" from bad mime boundary like (some?) email clients do

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3.7 (EOL) stdlib topic-email type-feature
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Description

BPO 27010
Nosy @warsaw, @bitdancer, @soltysh, @adepasquale
Files
  • mail
  • mail.json
  • issue27010-notuniqueboundary.patch: NotUniqueBoundaryInMultipartDefect
  • Note: these values reflect the state of the issue at the time it was migrated and might not reflect the current state.

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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
    closed_at = None
    created_at = <Date 2016-05-12.15:41:58.399>
    labels = ['type-feature', '3.7', 'expert-email']
    title = 'email library could "recover" from bad mime boundary like (some?) email clients do'
    updated_at = <Date 2016-09-21.13:21:01.103>
    user = 'https://bugs.python.org/FedeleMantuano'
    

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2016-09-21.13:21:01.103>
    actor = 'Fedele Mantuano'
    assignee = 'none'
    closed = False
    closed_date = None
    closer = None
    components = ['email']
    creation = <Date 2016-05-12.15:41:58.399>
    creator = 'Fedele Mantuano'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['42830', '42831', '43016']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 27010
    keywords = ['patch']
    message_count = 17.0
    messages = ['265413', '265416', '265417', '265419', '265420', '266372', '266382', '266438', '266440', '268558', '268909', '271882', '274878', '275012', '277114', '277136', '277140']
    nosy_count = 5.0
    nosy_names = ['barry', 'r.david.murray', 'maciej.szulik', 'Fedele Mantuano', 'adepasquale']
    pr_nums = []
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = None
    stage = 'needs patch'
    status = 'open'
    superseder = None
    type = 'enhancement'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue27010'
    versions = ['Python 3.7']
    

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    Research direction

    Review the attached mail and mail.json samples together with issue27010-notuniqueboundary.patch to understand the malformed MIME boundary case and the proposed NotUniqueBoundaryInMultipartDefect behavior. The issue needs a decided recovery policy, implementation in Python's email component, and regression coverage demonstrating the intended handling.

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    Assessment

    Tech stack
    python
    Domain
    backend
    Issue type
    Feature
    Difficulty
    4/5
    Estimated time
    3-5 days
    Activity status
    Stale
    Clarity
    Needs clarification
    Newbie friendliness
    30/100

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