Extra Header field

Joon Radley joon at radleys.co.za
Tue Jul 13 07:10:45 CEST 2004


Hi Martin,

> > In most cases (90%+) the header will be missing (RFC2822), 
> but because 
> > the header is optional in the other 10%, efficiency will be 
> lost as I 
> > will have to parse every message anyway.
> >
> > By making it the law you can look at the header and decide 
> upfront how 
> > to handle it without parsing the whole mail. Is this not 
> more efficient?
> 
> It seems we are looking at different cases. I was assuming 
> groupware folders not general mail folders like the trash 
> folder. IMHO I currently fail to understand why the contents 
> of the trash folder needs to be parsed anyway.

Because I must. I must be able to define each object in Outlook.

Best regards

Joon Radley
Radley Network Technologies CC
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