handle stupid mailers quoting subject lines

Author: Richard Jones

roundup/mailgw.py

@@ -73,7 +73,7 @@ class node. Any parts of other types are each stored in separate files
 an exception, the original message is bounced back to the sender with the
 explanatory message given in the exception. 
 
-$Id: mailgw.py,v 1.90 2002-09-25 05:13:34 richard Exp $
+$Id: mailgw.py,v 1.91 2002-09-26 00:01:51 richard Exp $
 '''
 
 import string, re, os, mimetools, cStringIO, smtplib, socket, binascii, quopri
@@ -131,8 +131,8 @@ def getPart(self):
         return Message(s)
 
 subject_re = re.compile(r'(?P<refwd>\s*\W?\s*(fwd|re|aw)\s*\W?\s*)*'
-    r'\s*(\[(?P<classname>[^\d\s]+)(?P<nodeid>\d+)?\])?'
-    r'\s*(?P<title>[^[]+)?(\[(?P<args>.+?)\])?', re.I)
+    r'\s*(P<quote>")?(\[(?P<classname>[^\d\s]+)(?P<nodeid>\d+)?\])?'
+    r'\s*(?P<title>[^[]+)?"?(\[(?P<args>.+?)\])?', re.I)
 
 class MailGW:
     def __init__(self, instance, db):
@@ -435,6 +435,11 @@ def handle_message(self, message):
         else:
             title = ''
 
+        # strip off the quotes that dumb emailers put around the subject, like
+        #      Re: "[issue1] bla blah"
+        if m.group('quote') and title.endswith('"'):
+            title = title[:-1]
+
         # but we do need either a title or a nodeid...
         if nodeid is None and not title:
             raise MailUsageError, '''