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RFC 1844               MIME User Agent Checklist             August 1995


        - Delete messages
        - Compose new messages
        - Reply to messages (Inclusion of original message-text in
          reply, reply to originator or to any or all recipients
          etc.)
        - Forward message
          o using MIME
          o using RFC-934 encapsulation; i.e.  message is
            encapsulated in between:
            ------- Forwarded Message  and
            ------- End of Forwarded Message
          o Other .......
        - Distribute message (the from field does not change)
   3.6 Does the UA support the following header fields and can they
       be supplied by the user:
         Generated correctly        Can be supplied by user
       - To:
       - Cc:
       - Bcc:
       - From:
       - Reply-to:
       - Subject:
       - Comments:
   3.7 Does the UA support filing mail into folders? Are there any
       restrictions?
   3.8 Does the UA support a filtering mechanism that allows the
       user to configure automatic processing of incoming mail
       (e.g. automatic filing into specific folders)? If so, how
       simple is the configuration of these filters?
   3.9 Does the UA support a sorting mechanism that allows the user
       to sort mail on date and/or subject and/or from field etc?
       If so describe the possibilities and restrictions.
   3.10 Does the UA support address lists and/or directory services?
        - Local (local address list, local aliases, local distribution
                 lists etc.)
        - Whois++
        - Ph (to CCSO server)
        - LDAP or SOLO or other access protocols to a directory
          service
        - Other .....
   3.11 What other non-multimedia facilities does the UA support?
   3.12 What secure mail protocols does the UA support (in-line):
       - PEM (Privacy Enhanced Mail)
       - PGP (Pretty Good Privacy)
       - Other.....






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   4.  MIME support
   4.1 Does the UA support:
       - viewing a MIME content (either in-line or through launching
         an external viewer)?
       - saving a MIME content in a file?
       - saving one part of a multipart message in a file?
       - printing a MIME content?
   4.2 Does the UA support receipt of the following basic MIME
       content types? Does it display them in-line and does it
       support printing of such a content type? If an external
       viewer is needed, is a viewer pre-configured? Is the viewer
       included in the software distribution?
       In-line  Printing  External  Preconfig  Included
       - text/plain
       - text/enriched
       - image/gif
       - image/jpeg
       - audio/basic
       - video/mpeg
       - application/octet-stream
       - application/postscript
       - message/rfc822
       - message/partial
       Does the UA support ftp and/or mail access for:
       - message/external
       Describe how the UA supports the basic multipart types:
       - multipart/mixed
       - multipart/parallel
       - multipart/digest
       - multipart/alternative
       How does the UA handle:
       - X-<bilateraly defined>
       - unknown/unconfigured content-types
   4.3 Does the UA allow configuration for receipt of additional
       content-types? If so describe the configuration procedure
       and possibilities. (Is it complex/easy, give example
       configuration, can you add external viewers etc.). E.g.
       - application/wordperfect5.1
       - application/msword
       - multipart/appledouble (Macintosh systems only)
   4.4 Does the UA support composition of the following basic MIME
       content types? Describe how easy/complex composition of a
       message with a MIME content-type is.
       - text/plain
       - text/enriched
       - image/gif
       - image/jpeg
       - audio/basic



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       - video/mpeg
       - application/octet-stream
       - application/postscript
       - message/rfc822
       - message/partial
       - message/external
       - multipart/mixed
       - multipart/parallel
       - multipart/digest
       - multipart/alternative
       Does the UA generate X-<bilaterally defined> content-types
       (when and why)
   4.5 Does the UA support compostion of additional content-types?
       If so describe how to do this (configuration and/or
       compostion), e.g.:
       - application/wordperfect5.1
       - application/msword
       - multipart/appledouble (Macintosh systems only)
   4.6 What content-encodings does the UA support:
       - 7bit
       - quoted printable
       - base64
       - binary
       - 8bit
       - X-<bilateraly defined> (when and why)
   4.7 What encoding is used for the following content-types:
         7bit QP   B64   Binary 8-bit Other
       - text/plain
       - text/enriched
       - image/gif
       - image/jpeg
       - audio/basic
       - video/mpeg
       - application/octet-stream
       - application/postscript
       - message/rfc822
       - message/partial
       - message/external
       - multipart/mixed
       - multipart/parallel
       - multipart/digest
       - multipart/alternative
   4.8 Does the UA generate the correct Mime version header:
       Mime-Version: 1.0
   4.9 In multipart messages, give an example of the sort of
       boundary string generated.
   4.10 Does the UA support the use of non-ascii characters in the
        headers (in subject, free form part of address etc.)?



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   4.11 With the content type text/plain it is possible to have a
        charset parameter, indicating that a specific character set is
        used in the content type text plain. What character sets (like
        iso-8859-1) does the UA support (standard or configurable)?

Security Considerations

   Testing a MIME UA against this checklist involves the security risks
   that are described in the MIME specification (RFC 1521). Most notably
   the automatic execution of general-purpose PostScript interpreters
   entails serious security risks. The reader is encouraged to read RFC
   1521 for more detail on these security risks.

Author's Address

   Erik Huizer
   SURFnet bv
   P.O. Box 19035
   3501 DA  Utrecht
   The Netherlands

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