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badly parses subject line of messages received from Usenet Google Groups

Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT

replacing " " spaces
by "_"

making individual words in the subject line not searchable

Can you correct such feature ?

a a wrote:

> https://www.novabbs.com/
> badly parses subject line of messages received from Usenet Google Groups

> Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT

> replacing " " spaces
> by "_"

> making individual words in the subject line not searchable

> Can you correct such feature ?

You posted this on Google Groups.

I'm reading it on www.novabbs.com

Spaces have NOT been replaced by underscores.

Please provide a message-id of when this happens. I won't say it's not possible, because anything is possible, but I can't do anything about it without an example to review.

The software either displays the Subject: line as is, or, if it's encoded, it decodes it and then displays it. No where does it intentionally change spaces to underscores.

--
Retro Guy

Thank you Retro Guy

The relevant web link:

https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish

Subject Replies Last Message
o Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT

By: a a on Wed, 10 Jan 2024
0

8 Minutes ago

By: a a

Your server replaces spaces in subject line of messages posted in Usenet Google Groups
and read on your server
to underscores by default ;)

If I post test message from

https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish

sometimes I get
Back button

if I press it
error message is generated

BTW

How to get full list of newsgroups served by your server ?

or request more newsgroups to be added ?

thank you

Happy New Year

(posted via https://www.novabbs.com/computers/post.php?id=16412&type=reply&group=alt.privacy.anon-server
since Usenet Google Groups set limit of 5 messages to be sent daily)

On Wednesday 10 January 2024 at 04:01:32 UTC+1, darius wrote:
> Thank you Retro Guy
>
> The relevant web link:
>
> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>
> Subject Replies Last Message
> o Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT
>
> By: a a on Wed, 10 Jan 2024
> 0
>
> 8 Minutes ago
>
> By: a a
>
> Your server replaces spaces in subject line of messages posted in Usenet Google Groups
> and read on your server
> to underscores by default ;)
>
>
> If I post test message from
>
> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>
> sometimes I get
> Back button
>
> if I press it
> error message is generated
>
> BTW
>
> How to get full list of newsgroups served by your server ?
>
> or request more newsgroups to be added ?
>
> thank you
>
> Happy New Year
>
> (posted via https://www.novabbs.com/computers/post.php?id=16412&type=reply&group=alt.privacy.anon-server
> since Usenet Google Groups set limit of 5 messages to be sent daily)

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On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 02:55:56 +0000, darius wrote:

> Thank you Retro Guy
>
> The relevant web link:
>
> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>
> Subject Replies Last Message
> o Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT
>
> By: a a on Wed, 10 Jan 2024
> 0
>
> 8 Minutes ago
>
> By: a a
>
> Your server replaces spaces in subject line of messages posted in Usenet Google Groups
> and read on your server
> to underscores by default ;)
>
>
> If I post test message from
>
> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>
> sometimes I get
> Back button
>
> if I press it
> error message is generated
>
> BTW
>
> How to get full list of newsgroups served by your server ?
>
> or request more newsgroups to be added ?
>
> thank you
>
> Happy New Year
>
> (posted via https://www.novabbs.com/computers/post.php?id=16412&type=reply&group=alt.privacy.anon-server
> since Usenet Google Groups set limit of 5 messages to be sent daily)

Thanks for providing a specific pointer to help me find the message!

I will check into this. It "appears" it may be an issue in decoding the
Subject line (php function). I'll check.

On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 06:55:12 -0700, Retro Guy wrote:

> On Wed, 10 Jan 2024 02:55:56 +0000, darius wrote:
>
>> Thank you Retro Guy
>>
>> The relevant web link:
>>
>> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>>
>> Subject Replies Last Message
>> o Canadian_Weather__Cold_spot_in_Canada:_-44.5_°C____Little_Chicago,_NT
>>
>> By: a a on Wed, 10 Jan 2024
>> 0
>>
>> 8 Minutes ago
>>
>> By: a a
>>
>> Your server replaces spaces in subject line of messages posted in Usenet Google Groups
>> and read on your server
>> to underscores by default ;)
>>
>>
>> If I post test message from
>>
>> https://www.novabbs.com/interests/thread.php?group=soc.culture.polish
>>
>> sometimes I get
>> Back button
>>
>> if I press it
>> error message is generated
>>
>> BTW
>>
>> How to get full list of newsgroups served by your server ?
>>
>> or request more newsgroups to be added ?
>>
>> thank you
>>
>> Happy New Year
>>
>> (posted via https://www.novabbs.com/computers/post.php?id=16412&type=reply&group=alt.privacy.anon-server
>> since Usenet Google Groups set limit of 5 messages to be sent daily)
>
> Thanks for providing a specific pointer to help me find the message!
>
> I will check into this. It "appears" it may be an issue in decoding the
> Subject line (php function). I'll check.

That's what the problem was, decoding.

It wasn't specifically adding underscores, just not decoding them properly.

It should be fixed now. Please let me know if not.