There is a 'fetch by parts' like OutLook bug filed in bugzilla.. which from the reporter of the bug, states it is faster than the currently used method.
-dennis William Allen Simpson wrote: > Handling multipart MIME messages correctly is very important. We need > to be able to fold and unfold each successive part, and choose which to > save. That little box on the upper right just doesn't make the grade. > > In some respects, this is already better than 4.78, which opens and > then immediately closes the message window faster than can be seen! > > This is especially important to me, as it is the reason I have to use another mailer >(Eudora) to read such messages. Eudora > doesn't handle it quite right, either, but at least Eudora displays it! > > I receive a lot of IETF announce multipart messages, combining /mixed > with /alternative. Note the nesting: > > == > > Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Mime-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary="NextPart" > To: IETF-Announce: ; > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt > Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 07:13:31 -0400 > Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Precedence: bulk > Errors-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X-Mozilla-Status: 0000 > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > X-UIDL: 9437893 > > --NextPart > > A New Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts directories. > This draft is a work item of the Point-to-Point Protocol Extensions Working Group of >the IETF. > > Title : The One Time Password (OTP) and Generic Token Card > Authentication Protocols > Author(s) : L. Blunk, J. Vollbrecht, B. Aboba > Filename : draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt > Pages : 12 > Date : 16-Oct-01 > > EAP is an authentication protocol which supports multiple authentication > mechanisms. EAP typically runs directly over the link layer without > requiring IP and therefore includes its own support for in-order > delivery and re-transmission. While EAP was originally developed for > use with PPP, it is also now in use with IEEE 802. This document defines > the One Time Password (OTP) and Generic Token Card EAP methods. > > A URL for this Internet-Draft is: > http://www.ietf.org/internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt > > To remove yourself from the IETF Announcement list, send a message to > ietf-announce-request with the word unsubscribe in the body of the message. > > Internet-Drafts are also available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username > "anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in, > type "cd internet-drafts" and then > "get draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt". > > A list of Internet-Drafts directories can be found in > http://www.ietf.org/shadow.html > or ftp://ftp.ietf.org/ietf/1shadow-sites.txt > > > Internet-Drafts can also be obtained by e-mail. > > Send a message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > In the body type: > "FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt". > > NOTE: The mail server at ietf.org can return the document in > MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this > feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE" > command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or > a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers > exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with > "multipart" MIME messages (i.e. documents which have been split > up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on > how to manipulate these messages. > > > Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader > implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version of the > Internet-Draft. > > --NextPart > Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; Boundary="OtherAccess" > > --OtherAccess > Content-Type: Message/External-body; > access-type="mail-server"; > server="[EMAIL PROTECTED]" > > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ENCODING mime > FILE /internet-drafts/draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt > > --OtherAccess > Content-Type: Message/External-body; > name="draft-ietf-pppext-otp-00.txt"; > site="ftp.ietf.org"; > access-type="anon-ftp"; > directory="internet-drafts" > > Content-Type: text/plain > Content-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > --OtherAccess-- > > --NextPart-- > > >
