technokishore
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I am currently using Python imaplib to process email text.I use fetch command to fetch the raw data email from GMail server. However, I found one thing really tricky - the equal sign '='. It is not a normal equal sign but a special symbol.For example:[*]'=' sometimes acts as the hyphenation mark at the end of text line:\[code\]Depending upon your module selections, course lecturers may also contact yo=u with preparatory work over the next few weeks. It would be wise to start =reviewing the preparatory reading lists provided on the module syllabi now =\[/code\][*]Sometimes, it acts as a escape mark similar to '%', for example:\[code\]a=20b\[/code\] is actually \[code\]a<SPACE>b\[/code\]
\[code\]=46rom here\[/code\] is actually \[code\]From here\[/code\]I am totally confused about such weird notation. I think there must be a guidance to handle this because GMail can handle such thing correctly in their apps.I see that this is related to HTML encoding, just like '%' will be encoded. But the problem is, all I get from the IMAP response is a string that contain this '=' symbol. How should I handle this? Using regular expression?
\[code\]=46rom here\[/code\] is actually \[code\]From here\[/code\]I am totally confused about such weird notation. I think there must be a guidance to handle this because GMail can handle such thing correctly in their apps.I see that this is related to HTML encoding, just like '%' will be encoded. But the problem is, all I get from the IMAP response is a string that contain this '=' symbol. How should I handle this? Using regular expression?