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RFC 1806 vs. Application content-type "NAME" parameter

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km...@zoomit.com

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Mar 12, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/12/96
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In the MIME RFC 1521, section 7.4.1 states the following:

RFC 1341 also defined the use of a "NAME" parameter which gave a
suggested file name to be used if the data were to be written to a
file. This has been deprecated in anticipation of a separate
Content-Disposition header field, to be defined in a subsequent RFC.

The subsequent RFC that is referred to is 1806, which is still categorized as
"experimental".

Since RFC 1521 discourages the use of the old "NAME" parameter, my question
is this: when trying to communicate file name information between old and
new MIME mailers, is it recommended to upgrade the older application to
employ the "experimental" RFC 1806 or to "downgrade" the new application to
RFC 1341? Has RFC 1806 achieved widespread popularity among MIME mailers?


Thanks in advance,

Ken Mark
KM...@zoomit.com
ZOOMIT Corporation


han...@pegasus.attmail.com

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Mar 13, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/13/96
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<< Since RFC 1521 discourages the use of the old "NAME" parameter, my
<< question is this: when trying to communicate file name information
<< between old and new MIME mailers, is it recommended to upgrade the older
<< application to employ the "experimental" RFC 1806 or to "downgrade" the
<< new application to RFC 1341? Has RFC 1806 achieved widespread popularity
<< among MIME mailers?

< It gets worse. some mailers use 'Content-Description' for the filename.

I haven't seen this, thankfully.

< By and large, 1806 is in use. Best thing to do is use both methods, and
< prefer C-D on reciept.

This is the only workable solution we've come up with.

Tony Hansen
han...@pegasus.att.com, to...@attmail.com
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/Tony_Hansen

Jacob Palme DSV-SU/KTH

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Mar 14, 1996, 3:00:00 AM3/14/96
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If PINE receives a message with a "NAME=" in the header, PINE will
treat the whole message as an attachment, which must be viewed
with the special tools in PINE for viewing attachments. Some
mailers put "NAME=" on all messages they send, which makes
their messages much more difficult to read using PINE.


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