Bug 204485 - base64-encoded parts are unfilterable
Summary: base64-encoded parts are unfilterable
Status: RESOLVED FIXED
Alias: None
Product: kmail
Classification: Applications
Component: filtering (show other bugs)
Version: 1.12.0
Platform: unspecified Linux
: NOR normal
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: kdepim bugs
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Reported: 2009-08-20 09:34 UTC by Szczepan Hołyszewski
Modified: 2012-02-13 18:39 UTC (History)
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Description Szczepan Hołyszewski 2009-08-20 09:34:46 UTC 
Version:           1.12.0 (using KDE 4.3.0)
OS:                Linux
Installed from:    Unlisted Binary Package

Base64-encoded message parts are apparently passed to filters undecoded. This means that filters using "Message body... contains..." or "Whole message... contains..." criteria fail on such messages.

Solution: decode parts before passing them to filters.
Comment 1 Björn Ruberg 2010-03-04 23:54:42 UTC 
Interesting. Can the developers confirm this?
Comment 2 Thomas McGuire 2010-03-05 08:34:38 UTC 
> Interesting. Can the developers confirm this?

Yes, this is very probably true, I think we just pass the encoded mail to the filters and don't decode anything.
Comment 3 Björn Ruberg 2010-03-05 09:54:18 UTC 
This might explain why searching for umlauts fail as well
Comment 4 Bernd Oliver Sünderhauf 2011-12-27 06:21:18 UTC 
There's many bugs left, but at least this one seems to be fixed in kmail2 (4.8)
Comment 5 Allen Winter 2012-02-13 18:39:58 UTC 
Comment #4 says this one is fixed in 4.8, so I will resolve it.

please reopen as needed.