#687907 slrnpull: received headers corrupted

Package:
slrnpull
Source:
slrn
Description:
pulls a small newsfeed from an NNTP server
Submitter:
Nemo Maelstrom Thorx
Date:
2026-05-17 13:09:02 UTC
Severity:
normal
#687907#5
Date:
2012-09-17 01:41:21 UTC
From:
To:
I have noticed that some nntp servers are generating multiline
'Received' headers which are then corrupted as slrnpull appears to
remove the header, but does not unfold it first.

This example message, as seen in google groups:
https://groups.google.com/group/rec.arts.drwho/msg/fcdd3b78351be7cb?dmode=source&output=gplain&noredirect

And slrnpulls's debug log for the same message from my local newsserver:
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<221 440125 <26a94d0c-105c-4001-a75d-627f25193648@z8g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
<        Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:56:00 -0700 (PDT)
<MIME-Version: 1.0
< Wed, 05 Sep 2012 09:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
<Path: news.astraweb.com!news-xref3.astraweb.com!border5.newsrouter.astraweb.com!news.astraweb.com!border2.a.newsrouter.astraweb.com!newsfeed1.swip.net!npeer01.iad.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!feed-me.highwinds-media.com!v8no3015731qap.0!news-out.google.com!da15ni65566254qab.0!nntp.google.com!b19no3104951qas.0!postnews.google.com!z8g2000yql.googlegroups.com!not-for-mail
<Newsgroups: rec.arts.drwho
<Date: Wed, 5 Sep 2012 09:55:59 -0700 (PDT)
<Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com
<Injection-Info: z8g2000yql.googlegroups.com; posting-host=63.239.65.11; posting-account=A9mkNQoAAADblH5krwHdXqwTR-ZTQh8p
<NNTP-Posting-Host: 63.239.65.11
<References: <gY-dnQI44drx6N_NnZ2dnUVZ8tednZ2d@eclipse.net.uk>
< <055d9994-313e-4ed2-a1ca-de2fa23c4c62@fm12g2000vbb.googlegroups.com>
< <TPidnZ9NuPowHt_NnZ2dnUVZ8m-dnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk> <2012090218422274747-andrewamorton@btinternetcom>
< <8N2dnX7HNv1-ptvNnZ2dnUVZ8t-dnZ2d@eclipse.net.uk> <c9bc7cfd-d4a5-44c0-9cf8-e39b032930ff@u15g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
< <5YK1s.32319$AO5.30879@fx27.am4>
<User-Agent: G2/1.0
<X-HTTP-UserAgent: Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 8.0; Windows NT 5.1;
< Trident/4.0; .NET CLR 1.1.4322; .NET CLR 2.0.50727; .NET CLR 3.0.4506.2152;
< .NET CLR 3.5.30729; .NET4.0C; .NET4.0E),gzip(gfe)
<Message-ID: <26a94d0c-105c-4001-a75d-627f25193648@z8g2000yql.googlegroups.com>
<Subject: Re: S7E01 Asylum of the Daleks
<From: Ross <rraszews@trenchcoatsoft.com>
<Injection-Date: Wed, 05 Sep 2012 16:56:00 +0000
<Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
<Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
<X-Received-Bytes: 6022
<Xref: news.astraweb.com rec.arts.drwho:440125
<.
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I note that in testing my local newsserver, the full header is there, and is
shown with interactive slrn.

I would prefer that the full headers be saved, rather than any attempt to
filter them


.../nemo