Ubuntu
mutt package

Search message body only searches undecoded data

Bug #348512 reported by Jerome Abela
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mutt
Fix Released
Unknown
mutt (Ubuntu)
Confirmed
Medium
Unassigned

Bug Description

Binary package hint: mutt

On the attached mbox file:
- using "l ~b BpcyB0aG" selects the message, as this string is part of the base64 encoding of the content.
- using "l ~b content" selects no message, despite this word appearing in the body of the message.

The first search works, but has no useful meaning.
The second search is very meaningful, it's what the user wants, but it doesn't work.

Tags: patch
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Jerome Abela (jerome-abela) wrote :
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

I can reproduce this issue on karmic and lucid both.

This is particularly an issue when your emails are in UTF-8, which is stored as base64-encoded data.

Changed in mutt (Ubuntu):
importance: Undecided → Medium
status: New → Confirmed
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Bryce Harrington (bryce) wrote :

This is upstream bug http://dev.mutt.org/trac/ticket/3386

Fix is to change the 'thorough_search' option to default as 'yes'.

Patch: http://dev.mutt.org/trac/changeset/40eca68c394a

Workaround: Set this option in .muttrc - "set thorough_search=yes"

tags: added: patch
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Changed in mutt:
status: Unknown → Fix Released
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