From: Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu)
Date: Tue Feb 03 2004 - 15:06:13 CST
Bruce Lilly <blilly@erols.com> writes:
> "file" is a nebulous term w.r.t. a multipart message. It's just a
> message, with well-defined parts. The optional "filename" parameter is
> included for UAs that wish to save a part *as* a file, but the inline
> MIME part cannot be said to *be* a file in any meaningful sense.
Good point. I was even thinking about making that point, and then it
ended up being too late for me to think clearly.
> Actually, no. There is a difference between
> Content-Disposition: inline
> and
> Content-Disposition: attachment
> and the part in question was clearly inline, not attachment.
Also a good point. Sorry about that.
-- Russ Allbery (rra@stanford.edu) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>