Mime Parsing

[Peter A. Friend]

Judy Northrop wrote:
> I just joined this list with the hope of correcting a problem with my
> mail.  I configured my Solaris 10/postfix system about 18 months ago and
> recently started getting corrupt pdf files.  I began searching the list
> archives but have not located and common thread.  My Imap configuration
> is,
>   

Judy,

A few questions. First, that base64 data at the end of your example, was 
it really that truncated, or did you just include a few lines? I ask 
because several crucial bits of information are missing. I would need to 
see the main header of the message to see what the Content-Type and MIME 
boundary strings are set to. From your example, it would appear that the 
top level boundary string is "------=_Part_23627_8483441.1214401029804". 
One MIME section with that boundary is a standard multipart with one 
plain text and one html portion. Those parts have their own boundary 
which is "----=_Part_23628_23828759.1214401029804". That boundary is 
properly terminated. What I don't see is the closing marker for the 
first boundary string (the one that ends with --). Have you looked at 
the raw message file delivered by Postfix, and is that truncated?

Peter

>
> (Blocalhost> ver
> name       : Cyrus IMAPD
> version    : v2.2.12 2005/02/14 16:43:51
> vendor     : Project Cyrus
> support-url: http://asg.web.cmu.edu/cyrus
> os         : SunOS
> os-version : 5.10
> environment: Built w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.22
>              Running w/Cyrus SASL 2.1.22
>              Built w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.4.20: (January
> 10, 2006)
>              Running w/Sleepycat Software: Berkeley DB 4.4.20: (January
> 10, 2006)
>              Built w/OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006
>              Running w/OpenSSL 0.9.8d 28 Sep 2006
>              CMU Sieve 2.2
>              mmap = shared
>              lock = fcntl
>              nonblock = fcntl
>              auth = unix
>              idle = poll
>
> I am including a portion of received email, you can see something is not
> parsing correctly.  Anyway if someone could point me in to some type of
> resolution it would be appreciated.  
>
> Thanks - Judy
>
>
>
>
> ------=_Part_23627_8483441.1214401029804
> Content-Type: multipart/alternative; 
> 	boundary="----=_Part_23628_23828759.1214401029804"
>
> ------=_Part_23628_23828759.1214401029804
> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> stolt
>
> ------=_Part_23628_23828759.1214401029804
> Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
> Content-Disposition: inline
>
> stolt<br>
>
> ------=_Part_23628_23828759.1214401029804--
>
> ------=_Part_23627_8483441.1214401029804
> Content-Type: application/pdf; name=stolt.pdf
> Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64
> X-Attachment-Id: f_fhvysr5d0
> Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=stolt.pdf
>
> JVBERi0xLjMKJcX+69cKMzEgMCBvYmoKPDwgL0xpbmVhcml6ZWQgMSAvTCAzNDU3NjQgL0ggWyAx
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