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Christopher Kranz
I think I have encountered a problem with how Outlook 2002 processes
multipart/mime messages. I have seen two different (but I think
related) problems.
If I have a multipart/mixed message with the first part being
text/plain and the second part being a multipart/alternative which
itself contains a text/plain and a text/html part, only the text/html
part is visible to Outlook 2002.
If the the first part is text/html instead of text/plain, then only
the first text/html part is displayed.
In both cases there is no indication that an attachment exists. That
is, no paperclip icon in the preview pane nor are there any attachment
icons below the headers. I've included a very simple example below.
Before I go any further in tracking this down I was wondering if this
was a known problem with multipart/mixed mime messages and Outlook
2002? Does this sound familar to anyone?
Thanks for your time.
Christopher Kranz
(e-mail address removed)
Here is a very simple example of the first problem:
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary=XXX
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--XXX
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Text part, will not appear in Outlook 2002.
--XXX
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="YYY"
--YYY
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Text in 1st part of nested MIME message.
--YYY
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
Text in 2nd part of nested MIME message.
This will be the only part displayed by Outlook 2002.
</BODY></HTML>
--YYY--
--XXX--
multipart/mime messages. I have seen two different (but I think
related) problems.
If I have a multipart/mixed message with the first part being
text/plain and the second part being a multipart/alternative which
itself contains a text/plain and a text/html part, only the text/html
part is visible to Outlook 2002.
If the the first part is text/html instead of text/plain, then only
the first text/html part is displayed.
In both cases there is no indication that an attachment exists. That
is, no paperclip icon in the preview pane nor are there any attachment
icons below the headers. I've included a very simple example below.
Before I go any further in tracking this down I was wondering if this
was a known problem with multipart/mixed mime messages and Outlook
2002? Does this sound familar to anyone?
Thanks for your time.
Christopher Kranz
(e-mail address removed)
Here is a very simple example of the first problem:
MIME-version: 1.0
Content-type: multipart/mixed; boundary=XXX
This is a multi-part message in MIME format.
--XXX
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Text part, will not appear in Outlook 2002.
--XXX
Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="YYY"
--YYY
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Text in 1st part of nested MIME message.
--YYY
Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Message</TITLE></HEAD>
<BODY>
Text in 2nd part of nested MIME message.
This will be the only part displayed by Outlook 2002.
</BODY></HTML>
--YYY--
--XXX--