On Tue, 2008-03-18 at 03:49 +0530, Samisa Abeysinghe wrote:
> Thilina Gunarathne wrote:
> >>  However, the real issue is how are we going to implement "parse it for
> >>  MIME, and then cache it and move on". I still think that it is better to
> >>  stick to Thilina's viewpoint in having each attachment cached as a
> >>  separate file. And, each attachment should be cached, even if it is small
> >>  or large, when the content-length exceeds the threshold.
> >>     
> > What I proposed is not based on the content-length.. It's based on the
> > size of a particular attachment. We calculate the size while parsing.
> > If the size exceeds a certain limit then put everything to file.
> >
> > Also you might want to consider deferred parsing of attachments. That
> > means read the attachment for the stream only when needed. Similar in
> > concept to StAX parsing of XML.
> >
> >   
> >> This is because
> >>  many small attachments == one big attachment.
> >>     
> > Good point..
> >   
> I do not think so. You do not get mime boundaries in the middle. So the 
> parsing and buffering implications are different.

When there are multiple attachments don't you get mime boundaries in the
middle of the message ?

> 
> Samisa...
> 
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