Re: The MIME version number

["Al Costanzo" <al@xxxxxxx>]

Harald writes:

>the reason the MIME-version is stuck at 1.0 is that when the first update
>of the MIME spec was done, and it was suggested that the version number
>be bumped to 1.1, a certain large vendor with a MIME product "weeks from
>market Maxware, Norway

I can understand this... _however_ if the version number is now a useless
thing
lets get rid of it.  It's just using up a little bit of space but in how may
mail messages?

I'm sure the authors of MIME are able to think up a way of removing
something they put in...

If the version number is never to change its just a waste to have, if people
are using the version number in their software they should be notified not
to.

Its been five years, surely someone has thought of a way to bump it up or
off.

Just leaving it at 1.0 seems silly...

Only my opinion, for what its worth...

-Al