Hi,
can someone clarify me on section 7.2.1 of
Messaging Service Specification V.021c?
It says that the Content-Type header for the
multipart has a charset attribute, and I'm puzzled on it's use.
Why would there be a charset specification on a
multipart which can contain multiple bodyparts using different encodings and
charsets?
I could think of only two reasons:
1. to specify an alternate character set for
the multipart header and boundary data,
2. to specify a default character set for the
contained body parts.
However, RFC
2046 states (on the bottom of page 18) that all header fields and boundary
delimiters are represented in 7bit US-ASCII, which rules out reason one.
Furthermore, RFC 2046 states (on the bottom of page 17/top of page 18) a the
default RFC 822 content-type for bodyparts with no headers.
So far, I have found that the charset
attribute is applicable for text content types, but not for
multiparts.
Did I miss something in the RFC's, is there
some other source I did not check. Or was it put in by
accident?
Thanks, Gait
Boxman.