base64 [was: bogofilter-0.13.6 - new current release]

[David Relson]

At 01:51 AM 6/5/03, Boris 'pi' Piwinger wrote:
>David Relson <relson at osagesoftware.com> wrote:
>
> >* Fix check for "^From " lines to work properly during base64 decoding.
> >* End html comment processing when a message header is found.
>
>Just to be sure:
>
>Assume the following text is encoded in base 64:
>
><!-- this is a valid comment so far
> From bla at fasel
>[Some more mail headers]
>
>1) The decoding should not stop for the From line.
>
>2) Also the comment is still a comment if we have a -->
>later.
>
>pi

You are correct.  "^From " in clear text is needed is recognized as the 
message separator.  Encoded as base64, "From bla at fasel" is 
"RnJvbSBibGFAZmFzZWwk".  It isn't a message separator.