Ugly Hack: Remove improperly parsed headers from Mail::Message

lib/email/receiver.rb

@@ -18,13 +18,12 @@ module Email
     def process
       return Email::Receiver.results[:unprocessable] if @raw.blank?
 
-      message = Mail::Message.new(@raw)
-      return Email::Receiver.results[:unprocessable] if message.body.blank?
+      @message = Mail::Message.new(@raw)
+      parse_body
 
-      @body = EmailReplyParser.read(message.body.to_s).visible_text
       return Email::Receiver.results[:unprocessable] if @body.blank?
 
-      @reply_key = message.to.first
+      @reply_key = @message.to.first
 
       # Extract the `reply_key` from the format the site has specified
       tokens = SiteSetting.reply_by_email_address.split("%{reply_key}")
@@ -43,6 +42,29 @@ module Email
 
     private
 
+    def parse_body
+      @body = @message.body.to_s.strip
+      return if @body.blank?
+
+      # I really hate to have to do this, but there seems to be a bug in Mail::Message
+      # with content boundaries in emails. Until it is fixed, this hack removes stuff
+      # we don't want from emails bodies
+      content_type = @message.header['Content-Type'].to_s
+      if content_type.present?
+        boundary_match = content_type.match(/boundary\=(.*)$/)
+        boundary = boundary_match[1] if boundary_match && boundary_match[1].present?
+        if boundary.present? and @body.present?
+
+          lines = @body.lines
+          lines = lines[1..-1] if lines.present? and lines[0] =~ /^--#{boundary}/
+          lines = lines[1..-1] if lines.present? and lines[0] =~ /^Content-Type/
+
+          @body = lines.join.strip!
+        end
+      end
+
+      @body = EmailReplyParser.read(@body).visible_text
+    end
 
     def create_reply
 

spec/components/email/receiver_spec.rb

@@ -17,6 +17,17 @@ describe Email::Receiver do
     end
   end
 
+  describe "with a content boundary" do
+    let(:bounded_email) { File.read("#{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/emails/boundary_email.txt") }
+    let(:receiver) { Email::Receiver.new(bounded_email) }
+
+    it "does something" do
+      receiver.process
+      expect(receiver.body).to eq("I'll look into it, thanks!")
+    end
+
+  end
+
   describe "with a valid email" do
     let(:reply_key) { "59d8df8370b7e95c5a49fbf86aeb2c93" }
     let(:valid_reply) { File.read("#{Rails.root}/spec/fixtures/emails/valid_reply.txt") }

spec/fixtures/emails/boundary_email.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,61 @@
+
+MIME-Version: 1.0
+Received: by 10.64.14.41 with HTTP; Wed, 19 Jun 2013 06:29:41 -0700 (PDT)
+In-Reply-To: <51c19490e928a_13442dd8ae892548@tree.mail>
+References: <51c19490e928a_13442dd8ae892548@tree.mail>
+Date: Wed, 19 Jun 2013 09:29:41 -0400
+Delivered-To: finn@adventuretime.ooo
+Message-ID: <CADkmRcL=2aPV7jOcs2i00QGZNwmjYj3qMaJTsKnB7DTP5sgyFQ@mail.gmail.com>
+Subject: Re: [Adventure Time] jake mentioned you in 'peppermint butler is
+ missing'
+From: Finn the Human <finn@adventuretime.ooo>
+To: jake via Adventure Time <math+96dcd9072ba9072d06226009d4223a6e@tree.mail>
+Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001a11c206a073876a04df81d2a9
+
+--001a11c206a073876a04df81d2a9
+Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
+
+I'll look into it, thanks!
+
+
+On Wednesday, June 19, 2013, jake via Adventure Time wrote:
+
+> jake mentioned you in 'peppermint butler is missing' on Adventure
+> Time:
+> ------------------------------
+>
+> yeah, just noticed this cc @jake
+> ------------------------------
+>
+> Please visit this link to respond:
+> http://adventuretime.ooo/t/peppermint-butler-is-missing/7628/2
+>
+> To unsubscribe from these emails, visit your user preferences
+> <http://adventuretime.ooo/user_preferences>.
+>
+
+--001a11c206a073876a04df81d2a9
+Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
+Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
+
+I&#39;ll look into it, thanks!<span></span><br><br>On Wednesday, June 19, 2=
+013, jake via Adventure Time  wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" st=
+yle=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex"><p>sa=
+m mentioned you in &#39;Duplicate message are shown in profile&#39; on Adve=
+nture Time</p>
+
+
+<hr><p>yeah, just noticed this cc <a href=3D"http://users/eviltrout" target=
+=3D"_blank">@eviltrout</a> </p>
+
+<hr><p>Please visit this link to respond: <a href=3D"http://adventuretime.oo=
+o/t/duplicate-message-are-shown-in-profile/7628/2" target=3D"_blank">http=
+://adventuretime.ooo/t/peppermint-butler-is-missing/7628/2</a></=
+p>
+
+
+<p>To unsubscribe from these emails, visit your <a href=3D"http://adventuret=
+ime.ooo/user_preferences" target=3D"_blank">user preferences</a>.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
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