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MessageIDHeader is too strict for message-id

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BPO 46392
Nosy @warsaw, @ericvsmith, @bitdancer

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GitHub fields:

assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2022-01-16.00:16:30.698>
labels = ['expert-email']
title = 'MessageIDHeader is too strict for message-id'
updated_at = <Date 2022-01-18.23:49:58.192>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/bpoaugust'

bugs.python.org fields:

activity = <Date 2022-01-18.23:49:58.192>
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components = ['email']
creation = <Date 2022-01-16.00:16:30.698>
creator = 'bpoaugust'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 46392
keywords = []
message_count = 8.0
messages = ['410665', '410693', '410697', '410826', '410854', '410878', '410893', '410917']
nosy_count = 4.0
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priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = None
status = 'open'
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type = None
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue46392'
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Research direction

No source file, test, or entry point is named. Start by reading CPython's email component and the linked BPO issue 46392; done means MessageIDHeader no longer rejects valid message-id values too strictly and the relevant behavior is covered.

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Assessment

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

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