Re: [Pharo-dev] MIMEDocument and MailMessage
Thanks. Indeed we should improve one step at a time. And this is great to see Pharo getting improved so much. I once discussed with K. Beck and he told me that indeed we often forget how powerful it is to do one little improvement at a time. So let us continue and this is cool that you got that Pharo is yours :) Stef > On 13 Mar 2019, at 18:28, Alistair Grant wrote: > > Hi Marcus, > > On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 11:21, Marcus Denker wrote: >> >> Hi, >> >> The code is barely usable, I am sure it is not complete and wrong in many >> places. > > Hopefully it will be a bit more usable and a little less wrong when > I'm finished :-) > > I've been able to use it to parse and load mail headers (about 23,000 > messages), so it isn't all bad. :-) > > Thanks, > Alistair > > > >>> On 13 Mar 2019, at 11:09, Alistair Grant wrote: >>> >>> Hi Everyone, >>> >>> I'm playing with parsing and searching mail messages at the moment and >>> am wondering about the interaction of MailMessage and MIMEDocument. >>> >>> A MailMessage contains a body which is a MIMEDocument, but if I request >>> the parts of the body I get back multiple MailMessages, i.e. the parts >>> of a MIMEDocument are a collection of MailMesssages. >>> >>> MIME documents are used outside of mail messages, e.g. HTTP, so the >>> parts of a MIMEDocument should also be MIMEDocument's and not >>> MailMessage's. This is also implied by the MIME description at >>> wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME >>> >>> Some of the method comments seem to suggest that this was put together >>> quickly, so it is possible that the intention was to do it properly at a >>> later date (which never happened :-)). >>> >>> Am I missing something, or is it OK for me to modify MIMEDocument to >>> return MIMEDocuments as the parts? >>> >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Alistair >>> >> >> >
Re: [Pharo-dev] MIMEDocument and MailMessage
Hi Marcus, On Wed, 13 Mar 2019 at 11:21, Marcus Denker wrote: > > Hi, > > The code is barely usable, I am sure it is not complete and wrong in many > places. Hopefully it will be a bit more usable and a little less wrong when I'm finished :-) I've been able to use it to parse and load mail headers (about 23,000 messages), so it isn't all bad. :-) Thanks, Alistair > > On 13 Mar 2019, at 11:09, Alistair Grant wrote: > > > > Hi Everyone, > > > > I'm playing with parsing and searching mail messages at the moment and > > am wondering about the interaction of MailMessage and MIMEDocument. > > > > A MailMessage contains a body which is a MIMEDocument, but if I request > > the parts of the body I get back multiple MailMessages, i.e. the parts > > of a MIMEDocument are a collection of MailMesssages. > > > > MIME documents are used outside of mail messages, e.g. HTTP, so the > > parts of a MIMEDocument should also be MIMEDocument's and not > > MailMessage's. This is also implied by the MIME description at > > wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME > > > > Some of the method comments seem to suggest that this was put together > > quickly, so it is possible that the intention was to do it properly at a > > later date (which never happened :-)). > > > > Am I missing something, or is it OK for me to modify MIMEDocument to > > return MIMEDocuments as the parts? > > > > > > Thanks, > > Alistair > > > >
Re: [Pharo-dev] MIMEDocument and MailMessage
Hi, The code is barely usable, I am sure it is not complete and wrong in many places. > On 13 Mar 2019, at 11:09, Alistair Grant wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > I'm playing with parsing and searching mail messages at the moment and > am wondering about the interaction of MailMessage and MIMEDocument. > > A MailMessage contains a body which is a MIMEDocument, but if I request > the parts of the body I get back multiple MailMessages, i.e. the parts > of a MIMEDocument are a collection of MailMesssages. > > MIME documents are used outside of mail messages, e.g. HTTP, so the > parts of a MIMEDocument should also be MIMEDocument's and not > MailMessage's. This is also implied by the MIME description at > wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME > > Some of the method comments seem to suggest that this was put together > quickly, so it is possible that the intention was to do it properly at a > later date (which never happened :-)). > > Am I missing something, or is it OK for me to modify MIMEDocument to > return MIMEDocuments as the parts? > > > Thanks, > Alistair >
[Pharo-dev] MIMEDocument and MailMessage
Hi Everyone, I'm playing with parsing and searching mail messages at the moment and am wondering about the interaction of MailMessage and MIMEDocument. A MailMessage contains a body which is a MIMEDocument, but if I request the parts of the body I get back multiple MailMessages, i.e. the parts of a MIMEDocument are a collection of MailMesssages. MIME documents are used outside of mail messages, e.g. HTTP, so the parts of a MIMEDocument should also be MIMEDocument's and not MailMessage's. This is also implied by the MIME description at wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MIME Some of the method comments seem to suggest that this was put together quickly, so it is possible that the intention was to do it properly at a later date (which never happened :-)). Am I missing something, or is it OK for me to modify MIMEDocument to return MIMEDocuments as the parts? Thanks, Alistair
