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Some messages with '=?' in the Subject header cause display bug

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becarpenter
becarpenter
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I'm involved in a message thread with '=?' in the subject, and I've run tests with a friend using 'Test =? Test' as the subject. In some cases, depending on the remote UA, Tbird displays this subject as a very long string of ZZZZZZ... 

Outlook as the remote UA seem to be problematic, for example.

Hacking the mail file to remove the '?' character fixes the problem. Looks as if some code is treating the subject as more than just text... Screenshot attached (trimmed for privacy reasons). Running Tbird 31.7.0

I'm involved in a message thread with '=?' in the subject, and I've run tests with a friend using 'Test =? Test' as the subject. In some cases, depending on the remote UA, Tbird displays this subject as a very long string of ZZZZZZ... Outlook as the remote UA seem to be problematic, for example. Hacking the mail file to remove the '?' character fixes the problem. Looks as if some code is treating the subject as more than just text... Screenshot attached (trimmed for privacy reasons). Running Tbird 31.7.0

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Toad-Hall
Toad-Hall
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Please report bugs here: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/index.cgi?

You will need to register. give info such as your OS and version of Thunderbird. Explain what you do and what occurs.

becarpenter
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This is already a reported bug awaiting a solution: https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1087105