> The enclosed message causes problems for nmh-1.0.4 from the NetBSD 
> packages collection.  It prints the headers, along with the message:
> 
>       mhshow: bogus multipart content in message 1256
> 
> Alas, I don't know the mail RFCs well enough to pin the blame on the
> IETF editor or NMH.  Any ideas?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Kevin
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

mhshow is right.  It is bogus multipart content.  Notice that the boundary specified
on the content-type line is "NextPart".  This means that "--NextPart" lines are
boundary markers.  But, in the remainder of the document they're "- --NextPart".
Also, there should be a boundary after the headers.  As the document is written
everything in it is commentary that may not be displayed by a mail reader.

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> Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: RFC 3143 on Known HTTP Proxy/Caching Problems
> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Mime-Version: 1.0
> Content-Type: Multipart/Mixed; Boundary="NextPart"
> From: RFC Editor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Wed, 17 Oct 2001 14:38:12 -0400
> Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> X-UIDL: Dlo"!0SP!!1pl"!eRU!!
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> 
> A new Request for Comments is now available in online RFC libraries.
> 
> 
>         RFC 3143
> 
>         Title:            Known HTTP Proxy/Caching Problems
>         Author(s):  I. Cooper, J. Dilley
>         Status:     Informational
>       Date:       June 2001
>         Mailbox:    [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>         Pages:      32
>         Characters: 57117
>         Updates/Obsoletes/SeeAlso:  None
> 
>         I-D Tag:    draft-cooper-wrec-known-prob-01.txt
> 
>         URL:        ftp://ftp.rfc-editor.org/in-notes/rfc3143.txt
> 
> 
> This document catalogs a number of known problems with World Wide Web
> (WWW) (caching) proxies and cache servers.  The goal of the document
> is to provide a discussion of the problems and proposed workarounds,
> and ultimately to improve conditions by illustrating problems.  The
> construction of this document is a joint effort of the Web caching
> community.
> 
> This memo provides information for the Internet community.  It does
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> 
> 
> Joyce K. Reynolds and Sandy Ginoza
> USC/Information Sciences Institute
> 
> ...
> 
> Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant Mail Reader 
> implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version
> of the RFCs.
> 
> - ----- End Included Message -----
> 
> - ----------
> X-Sun-Data-Type: Multipart
> X-Sun-Content-Length: 490
> X-Sun-Charset: us-ascii
> X-Sun-Content-Lines: 22
> 
> - --OtherAccess
> Content-Type:  Message/External-body;
>         access-type="mail-server";
>         server="[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Content-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> RETRIEVE: rfc
> DOC-ID: rfc3143
> 
> - --OtherAccess
> Content-Type:   Message/External-body;
>         name="rfc3143.txt";
>         site="ftp.isi.edu";
>         access-type="anon-ftp";
>         directory="in-notes"
> 
> Content-Type: text/plain
> Content-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> - --OtherAccess--
> - --NextPart--
> 
> 
> ------- End of Forwarded Message

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