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Re: [Classpathx-javamail] line wrapping in MIME
From: |
Chris Burdess |
Subject: |
Re: [Classpathx-javamail] line wrapping in MIME |
Date: |
Mon, 20 Jun 2005 19:18:25 +0100 |
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Mutt/1.4i |
Archit Shah wrote:
> While RFC2822 indicates that lines must be wrapped at 998 characters, it
> suggests that the MIME RFCs should not be ignored, "As was stated
> earlier, there are other standards documents, specifically the MIME
> documents [RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2048, RFC2049] that extend this standard
> to allow for different sorts of message bodies." RFC 2049 states "line
> wrapping or line truncation imposed by mail transports is STRONGLY
> DISCOURAGED, but unavoidable in some cases."
>
> Attached is patch that removes line wrapping in the bodies of mime parts
> by eliminating the use of RFC2822OutputStream in MimeBodyPart and
> MimeMessage. Also attached is a JUnit test case for this behavior. This
> patch fixes test failures found when testing JOnAS with the classpathx
> Javamail implementation. Further testing is on going with results
> available on Monday.
Thanks Archit, this patch has now been applied.
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Chris Burdess