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These test files are Copyright © 2010 Hunny Software, Inc.
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Samples obtained from http://www.hunnysoft.com/mime/samples/samples.zip
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Details at https://www.hunnysoft.com/mime/samples/index.html
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readme.txt
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The files in this directory that match the pattern m*.txt are sample
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messages in MIME format from common email Mail User Agents (MUAs).
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I created these samples mainly for the purpose of testing my own MIME
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implementation, particularly for testing the decoding of encoded text
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in the headers (RFC 2047) and for the extraction of attachments (not
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covered by any standard).
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I used four different MUAs to create the messages. You can determine which
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MUA was used by looking at the file name. The breakdown is:
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m0*.txt -- Microsoft Outlook 00
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m1*.txt -- Netscape Communicator 4.7
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m2*.txt -- Qualcomm Eudora 4.2
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m3*.txt -- PINE (Linux)
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Of course, you can also look at the headers of the message to determine the
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MUA.
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If you want to contribute to this collection of samples, please do send
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your contributions. I will evaluate the contributions for inclusion in
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this collection. The evaluation criteria will include:
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* Is the MUA a mainstream MUA (not some obscure, rare MUA)?
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* Are the messages short?
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* Are the messages useful for testing?
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* Are the messages genuine? Messages that have been through a relaying
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SMTP server might have been modified. This might not disqualify a
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sample message, as it probably still has value for interoperability
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testing.
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When you send messages, please zip them or tar them, so that they won't be
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changed as they pass through the mail system. If I include your messages,
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I will put your name on a list of contributors, unless you prefer otherwise.
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I am also considering creating a separate collection of messages designed
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to stress test MIME implementations. So, if you have any good examples of
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bad messages (but not bad examples of good messages :-), feel free to send
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them.
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Not all the messages are correct to the MIME standard. However, since
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these messages are from popular MUAs, they can be useful for
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interoperability testing. Please, if you are creating messages, read and
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understand the standards documents, rather than imitate what you see in
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these messages!
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I have included the files that were used for creating the attachments,
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so you can test that you have successfully decoded the attachments.
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I have also included a simple Java program that I used for creating these
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samples. This program, SmtpServer.java, is a simple SMTP server that will
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receive the message directly from you MUA. This is important, because if
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you just route the message through your normal SMTP server, the server
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might make changes to the message. For example, it seems to be common for
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some servers to convert quoted-printable encoded text to 8-bit text.[1]
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This SMTP server program records the entire SMTP client/server dialog,
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which is great if you are trying to debug your mail system, but it also
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means that you will have to edit the output of the program to get just
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the email message.
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The URL for this collection of messages is
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<http://hunnysoft.com/mime/samples.zip>
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----------------------------------------------------
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[1] I don't like the fact that this happens, but that's life. I guess the
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MTA thinks that since it can handle 8-bit text, that quoted-printable
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encoding is not necessary. However, quoted-printable also makes long lines
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into short lines, which is something other than converting to 8-bit
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characters. In general, I think end-to-end transparency is a good thing;
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anything that interferes with transparency should be avoided.
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