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Re: Encoding Problems

From Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org>
Newsgroups comp.lang.php
Subject Re: Encoding Problems
References (2 earlier) <53b754c5$0$6705$9b4e6d93@newsspool2.arcor-online.net> <53B88BF4.4070600@arnowelzel.de> <lpabhg$6rc$5@dont-email.me> <Xe3uv.125629$R01.124727@fx11.iad> <Nt2dnUW2dvtfQSXOnZ2dnUVZ_jKdnZ2d@posted.internetamerica>
Message-ID <rbauv.11634$RT5.8888@fx23.iad> (permalink)
Organization Forte - www.forteinc.com
Date 2014-07-06 07:14 -0400

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On 7/6/14, 1:21 AM, Gordon Burditt wrote:
>> multipart/form-date would be a value for Content-Type, not a value for
>> Content-Transfer-Encoding.
>>
>> The defined vauls (By RFC 2045) of Content-Transfer-Encoding are:
>> quoted-printable
>> base64
>> binary
>> 8bit
>> 7bit
>
> Never forget that viruses and malware aren't required to obey the
> rules, and you could very well end up with Content-Type: spam/virus
> and Content-Transfer-Encoding: rot13 .
>

And if you don't properly "decode" that payload there is a problem?

Yes, you don't want you program to crash on an improper value, and 
somehow rejecting malformed messages is preferable, but ignoring the 
error isn't bad (assuming your ultimate processing of the message is 
well controlled)

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Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-02 15:53 +0000
  Re: Encoding Problems Jerry Stuckle <jstucklex@attglobal.net> - 2014-07-02 15:15 -0400
    Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-03 10:18 +0000
  Re: Encoding Problems Thomas 'PointedEars' Lahn <PointedEars@web.de> - 2014-07-02 21:49 +0200
    Re: Encoding Problems bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-07-03 08:09 -0400
  Re: Encoding Problems Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-07-02 22:25 +0200
    Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-03 10:16 +0000
  Re: Encoding Problems bill <william@TechServSys.com> - 2014-07-03 08:08 -0400
    Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-03 13:17 +0000
  Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-05 03:16 +0200
    Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-05 03:19 +0200
      Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-10 13:57 +0000
        Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-11 18:47 +0200
          Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-14 08:35 +0000
          Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-18 09:06 +0000
            Re: Encoding Problems Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-18 10:29 +0100
              Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-18 09:38 +0000
                Re: Encoding Problems Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-18 11:05 +0100
                Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-18 11:42 +0000
                Re: Encoding Problems Tim Streater <timstreater@greenbee.net> - 2014-07-18 14:32 +0100
            Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-19 09:36 +0200
              Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-29 13:58 +0000
    Re: Encoding Problems Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-07-05 03:28 +0200
      Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-06 01:36 +0200
        Re: Encoding Problems Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-07-06 02:16 +0000
          Re: Encoding Problems Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-07-05 23:19 -0400
            Re: Encoding Problems gordonb.defz8@burditt.org (Gordon Burditt) - 2014-07-06 00:21 -0500
              Re: Encoding Problems Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-07-06 07:14 -0400
                Re: Encoding Problems Denis McMahon <denismfmcmahon@gmail.com> - 2014-07-07 01:24 +0000
        Re: Encoding Problems Christoph Michael Becker <cmbecker69@arcor.de> - 2014-07-06 15:30 +0200
          Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-06 21:46 +0200
            Re: Encoding Problems Richard Damon <Richard@Damon-Family.org> - 2014-07-06 16:21 -0400
              Re: Encoding Problems Arno Welzel <usenet@arnowelzel.de> - 2014-07-07 03:49 +0200
    Re: Encoding Problems stef_204 <notvalid@nomail.nul> - 2014-07-10 13:18 +0000

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