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Re: [Pan-users] RFC: Detecting multiparts (was: .94 weirdness with detec
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J.B. Moreno |
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Re: [Pan-users] RFC: Detecting multiparts (was: .94 weirdness with detecting attachments) |
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Sun, 10 Aug 2003 04:16:11 -0400 |
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On 8/8/03 1:49 PM, Charles Kerr at <address@hidden> wrote:
> Clearly Pan's letting false positives or false negatives through when
> looking for multiparts. Maybe we should revise the multipart detection code.
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> Here's a rough draft for a better detection scheme. I'm posting it here
> so that people can refine it and/or shoot holes in it.
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> background
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> * there are no standard headers, other than the Subject: header,
> to link multiparts together or even to denote binary attachments.
There has been discussions in news.sfotware.nntp about using the Message-ID
to denote binaries (xBin), unfortunately, it is currently stalled.
A standard library was being developed, but hasn't been completed.
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J.B. Moreno