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30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message

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From: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2023 10:24:22 +0200

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Hi,

When using "gnus-summary-resend-message" (keypress "SDr") on a message
with such a header: "To: undisclosed-recipients:;" , the function stops
with an error:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
  string-match("@" nil 0)
  split-string(nil "@")
  textsec-email-address-suspicious-p(nil)
  textsec-email-address-header-suspicious-p("undisclosed-recipients:;")
  textsec-suspicious-p("undisclosed-recipients:;" email-address-header)
  message-send-mail()
  message-resend("email <at> address.com")
  gnus-summary-resend-message("email <at> address.com" nil)
  funcall-interactively(gnus-summary-resend-message "email <at> address.com" nil)
  call-interactively(gnus-summary-resend-message nil nil)
  command-execute(gnus-summary-resend-message)
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

How could this be fixed please?

TIA for any help,
-- 
           Peter

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Message #8 received at 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
To: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
Cc: 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 15:10:51 +0800

>>>>> "PM" == Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net> writes:

    PM> Hi, When using "gnus-summary-resend-message" (keypress "SDr") on
    PM> a message with such a header: "To: undisclosed-recipients:;" ,
    PM> the function stops with an error:

    PM> Debugger entered--Lisp error: (wrong-type-argument stringp nil)
    PM> string-match("@" nil 0) split-string(nil "@")
    PM> textsec-email-address-suspicious-p(nil)
    PM> textsec-email-address-header-suspicious-p("undisclosed-recipients:;")
    PM> textsec-suspicious-p("undisclosed-recipients:;"
    PM> email-address-header) message-send-mail()
    PM> message-resend("email <at> address.com")
    PM> gnus-summary-resend-message("email <at> address.com" nil)
    PM> funcall-interactively(gnus-summary-resend-message
    PM> "email <at> address.com" nil)
    PM> call-interactively(gnus-summary-resend-message nil nil)
    PM> command-execute(gnus-summary-resend-message)

    PM> How could this be fixed please?

The problem is in the parsing of email headers. According to RFC5322 the
"To", "Cc", and "Bcc" headers may contain a comma-separated list of
addresses, where an address is either a mailbox or a group. A group is
an identifier followed by a list of mailboxes (this list is sandwiched
between a colon and a semi-colon). For example in your case the
identifier is "undisclosed-recipients" and the list of mailboxes is
empty.

It appears that this group syntax for these headers is simply not
implemented. I have tried a quick hack to get this working. Can you
replace `ietf-drums-parse-addresses' with the function definition below
and see if that works?  I have only done some very rudimentary testing
so it is possible that it fails to properly parse some existing headers.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun ietf-drums-parse-addresses (string &optional rawp)
  "Parse STRING and return a list of MAILBOX / DISPLAY-NAME pairs.
If RAWP, don't actually parse the addresses, but instead return
a list of address strings."
  (if (null string)
      nil
    (with-temp-buffer
      (ietf-drums-init string)
      (let ((beg (point))
	    pairs c address)
	(while (not (eobp))
	  (setq c (char-after))
	  (cond
           ((eq c '?:)
            (setq beg (1+ (point)))
            (skip-chars-forward "^;")
            (when-let ((address
                  (condition-case nil
                      (ietf-drums-parse-addresses
                       (buffer-substring beg (point)) rawp)
                    (error nil))))
              (if (listp address)
                  (setq pairs (append address pairs))
                (push address pairs)))
	    (forward-char 1)
	    (setq beg (point)))
	   ((memq c '(?\" ?< ?\())
	    (condition-case nil
		(forward-sexp 1)
	      (error
	       (skip-chars-forward "^,"))))
	   ((eq c ?,)
	    (setq address
		  (if rawp
		      (buffer-substring beg (point))
		    (condition-case nil
			(ietf-drums-parse-address
			 (buffer-substring beg (point)))
		      (error nil))))
	    (when (or (consp address) (and (stringp address) (< 0 (length address))))
              (push address pairs))
	    (forward-char 1)
	    (setq beg (point)))
	   (t
	    (forward-char 1))))
	(setq address
	      (if rawp
		  (buffer-substring beg (point))
		(condition-case nil
		    (ietf-drums-parse-address
		     (buffer-substring beg (point)))
		  (error nil))))
        (when (or (consp address) (and (stringp address) (< 0 (length address))))
          (push address pairs))
	(nreverse pairs)))))
#+end_src

-- 
Andrew Cohen

Message #11 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:04:15 +0200

On Tue, Jun 27 2023, Andrew Cohen wrote:

> Can you replace `ietf-drums-parse-addresses' with the function
> definition below and see if that works?

Yes, it works. Thanks!

-- 
           Peter

Message #14 received at submit <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
To: bug-gnu-emacs <at> gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 10:31:16 +0200

On Tue, Jun 27 2023, Peter Münster wrote:

> Yes, it works. Thanks!

Sorry, no, there is a new problem. When displaying a message with such a
header:

--8<---------------cut here---------------start------------->8---
In-Reply-To: <87o7p2b7w5.fsf <at> a16n.net> ("Peter Münster"'s
 message of "Thu, 09
	Mar 2023 10:18:02 +0100")
--8<---------------cut here---------------end--------------->8---

I get this error: "cond: End of buffer"

And the message is displayed in it's raw format...

-- 
           Peter

Message #17 received at 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
To: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
Cc: 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 17:18:14 +0800

>>>>> "PM" == Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net> writes:

    PM> On Tue, Jun 27 2023, Peter Münster wrote:
    >> Yes, it works. Thanks!

    PM> Sorry, no, there is a new problem. When displaying a message
    PM> with such a header:

    PM> In-Reply-To: <87o7p2b7w5.fsf <at> a16n.net> ("Peter Münster"'s
    PM> message of "Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:18:02 +0100")

    PM> I get this error: "cond: End of buffer"

    PM> And the message is displayed in it's raw format...

Hmm, OK. First can you confirm that using the original
ietf-drums-parse-addresses doesn't encounter this problem (I assume
thats the case, but best to be sure).

In the meantime I'll see if I can reproduce the problem to figure out
what is happening (if you can provide a backtrace that might also help).

Best,
Andy






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Andrew Cohen
Director, HKUST Jockey Club Institute for Advanced Study
Lam Woo Foundation Professor and Chair Professor of Physics
The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology

Message #20 received at 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
To: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
Cc: 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Tue, 27 Jun 2023 21:06:46 +0800

>>>>> "AC" == Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk> writes:

>>>>> "PM" == Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net> writes:
    PM> On Tue, Jun 27 2023, Peter Münster wrote:
    >>> Yes, it works. Thanks!

    PM> Sorry, no, there is a new problem. When displaying a message
    PM> with such a header:

    PM> In-Reply-To: <87o7p2b7w5.fsf <at> a16n.net> ("Peter Münster"'s
    PM> message of "Thu, 09 Mar 2023 10:18:02 +0100")

    PM> I get this error: "cond: End of buffer"

    PM> And the message is displayed in it's raw format...

[...]

    AC> In the meantime I'll see if I can reproduce the problem to
    AC> figure out what is happening (if you can provide a backtrace
    AC> that might also help).

The problem is the presence of the ":" in the parenthetical comment
following the mailbox. If I am reading the spec correctly this is not
allowed (the ":" and ";" are special characters). But it is relatively
common nonetheless.

I think the following version should take care of it. Try it for awhile
and see if any other problems arise.  If not I'll push it to master.

#+begin_src emacs-lisp
(defun ietf-drums-parse-addresses (string &optional rawp)
  "Parse STRING and return a list of MAILBOX / DISPLAY-NAME pairs.
If RAWP, don't actually parse the addresses, but instead return
a list of address strings."
  (if (null string)
      nil
    (with-temp-buffer
      (ietf-drums-init string)
      (let ((beg (point))
	    pairs c address)
	(while (not (eobp))
	  (setq c (char-after))
	  (cond
           ((eq c '?:)
            (setq beg (1+ (point)))
            (skip-chars-forward "^;")
            (when-let ((address
                  (condition-case nil
                      (ietf-drums-parse-addresses
                       (buffer-substring beg (point)) rawp)
                    (error nil))))
              (if (listp address)
                  (setq pairs (append address pairs))
                (push address pairs)))
            (condition-case nil
	        (forward-char 1)
              (error nil))
	    (setq beg (point)))
	   ((memq c '(?\" ?< ?\())
	    (condition-case nil
		(forward-sexp 1)
	      (error
	       (skip-chars-forward "^,"))))
	   ((eq c ?,)
	    (setq address
		  (if rawp
		      (buffer-substring beg (point))
		    (condition-case nil
			(ietf-drums-parse-address
			 (buffer-substring beg (point)))
		      (error nil))))
	    (when (or (consp address)
                      (and (stringp address) (< 0 (length address))))
              (push address pairs))
	    (forward-char 1)
	    (setq beg (point)))
	   ((not (eobp))
	    (forward-char 1))))
	(setq address
	      (if rawp
		  (buffer-substring beg (point))
		(condition-case nil
		    (ietf-drums-parse-address
		     (buffer-substring beg (point)))
		  (error nil))))
        (when (or (consp address)
                  (and (stringp address) (< 0 (length address))))
          (push address pairs))
	(nreverse pairs)))))
#+end_src



-- 
Andrew Cohen

Message #23 received at 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org (full text, mbox):

From: Peter Münster <pm <at> a16n.net>
To: Andrew Cohen <acohen <at> ust.hk>
Cc: 64296 <at> debbugs.gnu.org
Subject: Re: bug#64296: 30.0.50; problem with gnus-summary-resend-message
Date: Mon, 03 Jul 2023 10:44:43 +0200

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On Tue, Jun 27 2023, Andrew Cohen wrote:

> I think the following version should take care of it. Try it for awhile
> and see if any other problems arise.  If not I'll push it to master.

Hi Andrew,

No other problems so far. It works for me very well!

Thanks,
-- 
           Peter

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