Re: [PATCH v4 3/4] imap-send: check git send-email copies like other messages

From: Patrick Steinhardt <ps@pks.im>
Date: Oct 27, 2026, 10:59 UTC
Message-ID: <auCEGdYgWQy5R8Px@pks.im>
In-Reply-To: <919e38c31d83d3cb01aae49e59112868ea9a1fed.1793089879.git.gitgitgadget@gmail.com>

On Tue, Oct 27, 2026 at 08:31:18AM +0000, Harald Nordgren via GitGitGadget wrote:

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> This makes the check stricter when some other script writes an mbox
> with a "From git-send-email" line. RFC 5322 requires a Date header but
> only recommends Subject, so a valid message from such a script may
> lack a Subject and would no longer be counted. imap-send has always
> required a Subject under any other "From " line, though, and only
> refuses an mbox when none of its messages are counted, so treating
> these copies like the rest should not affect anyone in practice.

Makes sense. I think it's highly unlikely that anyone ever formats patch series without a Subject and then expects everything to "just work". So even though we are tightening checks, I don't see that this will have any negative consequences.

Patrick