Extra Header field

[Joon Radley]

Hi Martin  

> > 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.

It defeats the purpose of putting it in the header in the first place.

So the 90% mail object( RFC2822 messages ) that I do not want to parse, I
will have to parse anyway, because the other 10% (Kolab Format) may or may
not add a extra "hint" header. :-(

Best regards

Joon Radley
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