message/external-body

[William M. Perry]

vvv at vsu.ru writes:

> Hi,
> 
> when i downloaded a message/external-body part which had the following
> headers:
> 
> Content-Type: message/external-body; access-type=URL;
> 	URL*0="http://";
> 	URL*1="www.kanji.zinbun.kyoto-u.ac.jp/~tomo/";
> 	URL*2="comp/emacsen/lisp/";
> 	URL*3="semi/semi-1.14-for-flim-1.14/";
> 	URL*4="emh-1.14.0.tar.gz"
> 
> Content-Type: application/octet-stream;
> 	name="emh-1.14.0.tar.gz";
> 	type=tar;
> 	conversions=gzip
> 
> i've got a file with the name emh-1.14.0.tar.gz (which appeared as an
> additional mime button), and i saved that part in a file.
> 
> but the file appeared as a TAR file, not gzipped.
> (so, the name was misleading)
> 
> is this a bug?

I'd say it is a bug on the sender's MUA.  It should either have left off
the .gz extensions, or ommitted the conversions field.

-bp