hansen(_at_)pegasus(_dot_)att(_dot_)com (t.l.hansen) writes:
Thus it follows that if the
message/rfc822 part has a Mime-Version header, treat the part as a mime
message. Otherwise, you cannot.
There is certainly debate on this topic--the "Otherwise, you cannot"
statement is much too strong.
There is nothing in the MIME spec which prohibits a reader from
interpreting a Content-* header in the absence of a MIME-Version:
header. In fact, a strict reading of the minimal conformance rules
gives a minimally conformant reader no leeway to ignore a Content-Type:
or Content-Transfer-Encoding: header, even if there is no
MIME-Version.
The MIME reader I wrote completely ignores the MIME-Version: header
and treats every message as a MIME message unless it has specific
knowledge that it is something else.
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_.John G. Myers Internet: jgm+(_at_)CMU(_dot_)EDU
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