Extra Header field
Martin Konold
martin.konold at erfrakon.de
Mon Jul 12 17:55:40 CEST 2004
Am Montag, 12. Juli 2004 17:13 schrieb Joon Radley:
Hi Joon,
> The extra header only makes it much easier. I can decide how to handle a
> message just by looking at the header, without the need to parse the whole
> message first. Parsing a big MIME message is resource intensive.
>
> Adding this header to the message will not affect the format or the
> storage, why is it such a problem?
Actually sofar nobody seems to think that it is a problem. Everybody aggreed
that it helps for efficiency.
The only question left is:
Is the extra header a hint or mandatory.
I think making it a hint for the sake of efficiency in the common case and in
case the header is missing doing the extra effort of parsing is the way to
go.
Regards,
-- martin
Dipl.-Phys. Martin Konold
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