On Sat, 13 Sep 2003, Andreas Aardal Hanssen wrote: > To me, it's obvious that the observed behavior is broken. How should an > IMAP server behave when reading such messages?
The IMAP server should do whatever the author of that server deems to be the most reasonable means of handling the broken MIME message, as long as the output complies with the requirements of the IMAP protocol. An IMAP server is under no obligation to undertake any particular action when faced with non-compliant RFC 2822 or MIME. Its only obligations are to behave in certain ways when faced with compliant RFC 2822 and MIME, and at all times to comply with the IMAP protocol. Garbage In, Garbage Out. -- Mark -- http://staff.washington.edu/mrc Science does not emerge from voting, party politics, or public debate. Si vis pacem, para bellum.
