[Tickets #11718] Re: Imp does not always create a valid subtype

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Ticket URL: http://bugs.horde.org/ticket/11718
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  Ticket             | 11718
  Updated By         | Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org>
  Summary            | Imp does not always create a valid subtype
  Queue              | IMP
  Version            | 5.0.23
  Type               | Bug
  State              | Feedback
  Priority           | 1. Low
  Milestone          |
  Patch              |
  Owners             |
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Michael Slusarz <slusarz at horde.org> (2012-11-19 14:47) wrote:

> According to RFC1521 [1] a value of a subtype must be specified, so  
> IMP produces here imho an invalid message.

This RFC is obsolete.  The controlling RFC is 2046.  It states that in  
the absence of any and/or a valid charset, it must be rendered in  
US-ASCII.  So this is not a critical issue.

> I can reproduce it if I try to open an E-Mail I can't decrypt  
> (because I don't have the right OpenPGP key for it) and reply to  
> that e-mail. -> The e-mail sent does not specifiy a value for the  
> charset subtype of the Content-Type header field.

This is almost certainly fixed in IMP 6.  I don't see a need to fix  
this in IMP 5 as it is not a critical bug.