Extra Header field
Joon Radley
joon at radleys.co.za
Mon Jul 12 18:04:12 CEST 2004
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
Radley Network Technologies CC
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