Questions tagged [email-formats]
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Is there an RFC on EML file formats?
Basically, I'm attempting to work with EML files and I want to know if these files are pretty standard across different email servers... basically, is there an RFC on EML files just like there is one for email addresses and other topics?
I guess I…

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Are XSS attacks possible through email addresses?
I wonder whether an email address can be used for XSS attacks.
Let's suppose there is a website where one can register and gives his email address. If one wants to attack the given website, he or she might create an email address, such as this…

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Python mailbox encoding errors
First, let me say that I'm a complete beginner at Python. I've never learned the language, I just thought "how hard can it be" when Google turned up nothing but Python snippets to solve my problem. :)
I have a bunch of mailboxes in Maildir format (a…

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Does the character 96 HEX have any special meaning in internet protocols/formats?
sorry for the vague subject, the issue is such:
I create an event with invitees in google calendar; on the receiving side an email arrives as multipart, which, in its text/html block, has the following text (quoted-prinatble encoded)
Wed Jun 9 1pm…

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Non-breaking spaces for use in HTML and HTML-formatted email
I am working with a website that has its origins back in 2001. In those days tables were heavily used for layouts, and Internet Explorer was a dominant browser. Back then there was a requirement to use non-breaking spaces in empty table cells…

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PHP mail formatting issue - Why do CRLF header line endings break HTML email in Outlook?
I'm using the PHP native mail() function to send HTML emails and have a formatting problem in the users most common email client - Outlook 2007 (in addition to some other email clients) - all the html tags are exposed so it looks like gibberish to a…

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Are there email addresses ending in ".con"?
I've noticed that there are a lot of users that misspell their email addresses when registering. For example, if the email is example@gmail.com, the user may write example@gmail.con. In a registering process, this may lead to the user registering…

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Invalid prospect email address at Pardot Salesfoce
I am trying to create a prospect at Pardot- Salesforce from the python API with this format :
{'brand': 'brand1', 'platform': 'Platform 1', 'email': 'testexample+tn39@gmail.com', 'first_name': 'Test', 'last_name': 'User39', 'addr_country': 'United…

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combine .eml files in a conversation view
I have an export of .eml files which has your standard information like to, from, cc, as well as additional metadata fields like messageid, in-reply-to, references, etc. Based on how i understand the eml starndard, i believe I can make use of…

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inconsistent email format of html input field with laravel email validation
In my blade file i have a html form for user in which input field email have type email. But i think it provide inconsistent email format validation. example it show abc@xyz and abc@xyz.com both are correct email address but in my controller,…

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Plain text email encoding issues in Ruby on Rails
I have a Rails app with many contact forms. A user chooses the topic, gets a form, fills the blanks and upon submission an email gets sent in plain text to a default address. I am using Rails 4.2.1 and gem 'mail_form 1.5.1
For some reason, every…

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Sending email as html
Dim objMail As New Mail.MailMessage("no-reply@mywebsite.com", ToEmail, "Password Reset", body)
...and the problem is that the message is sent as pure text including the
tags within the body How could i send the email as html?
tags within the body How could i send the email as html?

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Email address encoded within an email address. Is it possible?
I am looking into some edge cases of email address formatting, and also how such cases are handled by email servers.
In particular, according to RFC5322 (section 3.4.1), an address like this is valid:
"test@test.com"@domain.com
Notice the double…

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Change Outlook 2007 Send Options Programatically
We have several customers who have difficulty receiving PDF's from us via BPOS. In order to correct the problem, we have to change their "Send Options" from Outlook to Plain Text. What I would like to do is automate this so we don't have to…

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Plain text not received in Outlook from AWS SES
I need to receive HTML and Plain text formats according to the email client configuration. I have configured Outlook to receive plain text following the link Plain text support in Outlook
I have the below params for AWS SES, but Outlook still…

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