[Mimedefang] Patch for MIME::Tools

Stephane Lentz Stephane.Lentz at ansf.alcatel.fr
Wed Apr 24 10:46:58 EDT 2002


Hi David, 

On Mon, Apr 22, 2002 at 05:40:46PM -0400, David F. Skoll wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I have made a patch for MIME::Tools which causes it to recognize things
> like:
> 
> 	Content-Type: audio/x-wav; name=foo[1].pif
> 
> whereas ordinarily it would require:
> 
> 	Content-Type: audio/x-wav; name="foo[1].pif"
> 
> Please note that the first line is NOT MIME COMPLIANT. 

=> Are you sure ? I thought that " were optional for normal 
characters . 

> MIME::Tools author could legitimately argue that it's an error to
> accept the name as "foo[1].pif".  However, it seems to me that in the
> interest of safety, MIMEDefang should do what most MUA's are likely to
> do.

Does the MIME:Tools author plan to include your patch ? 

Regards,

Stephane



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