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email.message_from_string() is unable to find the headers for the .msg files

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

BPO 41157
Nosy @warsaw, @bitdancer, @maxking, @websurfer5
Files
  • extract_mail.py
  • msgfile_not_working_correctly.msg
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
    closed_at = None
    created_at = <Date 2020-06-29.10:51:06.594>
    labels = ['3.8', 'type-feature', 'library']
    title = 'email.message_from_string() is unable to find the headers for the .msg files'
    updated_at = <Date 2020-08-07.05:50:46.185>
    user = 'https://bugs.python.org/jpatel'
    

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2020-08-07.05:50:46.185>
    actor = 'Jeffrey.Kintscher'
    assignee = 'none'
    closed = False
    closed_date = None
    closer = None
    components = ['Library (Lib)']
    creation = <Date 2020-06-29.10:51:06.594>
    creator = 'jpatel'
    dependencies = []
    files = ['49273', '49274']
    hgrepos = []
    issue_num = 41157
    keywords = []
    message_count = 1.0
    messages = ['372560']
    nosy_count = 5.0
    nosy_names = ['barry', 'r.david.murray', 'maxking', 'Jeffrey.Kintscher', 'jpatel']
    pr_nums = []
    priority = 'normal'
    resolution = None
    stage = None
    status = 'open'
    superseder = None
    type = 'enhancement'
    url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue41157'
    versions = ['Python 3.8']
    

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    Research direction

    Start with the supplied extract_mail.py script and msgfile_not_working_correctly.msg fixture, then trace the email.message_from_string() entry point in the email library. Reproduce the missing-header behavior and determine the expected parsed headers for the fixture; done means the .msg file headers are found correctly and the behavior is covered by a test.

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    Tech stack
    python
    Domain
    backend
    Issue type
    Feature
    Difficulty
    3/5
    Estimated time
    1-2 days
    Activity status
    Stale
    Clarity
    Mostly clear
    Newbie friendliness
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