RFC 1521 (was Re: [Mimedefang] Patch for MIME::Tools)

[David F. Skoll]

On Wed, 24 Apr 2002, Stephane Lentz wrote:

> > 	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 .

Check out RFC-1521 and the definition of "token" and "tspecials".
If any of:

		( ) < > @ , ; : \ " / [ ] ? =

appear in a token, the token must be quoted.

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

I doubt it, because it is technically incorrect, although practically very
useful.

Regards,

David.