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VMS73_MIME-V0100 (Alpha V7.3) MIME ECO Summary
*OpenVMS] VMS73_MIME-V0100 (Alpha V7.3) MIME ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2002. All rights reserved.
OP/SYS: OpenVMS Alpha V7.3
COMPONENT: MIME
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VMS73_MIME-V0100
DEC-AXPVMS-VMS73_MIME-V0100--4.PCSI
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: None
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 432 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS Alpha V7.3
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Information Not Available
Installation Rating: INSTALL_3
3 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed versions of OpenVMS which
are experiencing the problems described.
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s), or later, must be installed BEFORE
installation of this, or any required kit:
VMS73_UPDATE-V0100
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for MIME on OpenVMS Alpha V7.3. This
kit addresses the following problems:
PROBLEMS ADDRESSED IN VMS73_MIME-V0100 KIT
o Mime message corruption can occur for messages created with
OpenVMS Mime that have text of more than just a few lines.
Messages appear to be truncated or text may appear garbled or
out of context. This happens when the textual message part
has a length (when combined with the Mime header area) that
exceeds 1024 characters.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME.EXE
o Multipart messages created with OpenVMS Mime may cause the
error:
"Invalid boundary marker" when attempting to read (decode)
the message.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o The file name (known as the Disposition file name), would be
added more than once when multiple edits and saves occur.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o A SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO error can occur when a SAVE is performed on
a message when a message part has previously been removed.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o When the MIME> LIST command is used for a message with only
one main part, (a single part message), no attachment number
is listed. This may confuse the user as to which attachment
number to specify with the EXTRACT command, which requires an
attachment number. On-line help has been modified to specify
attachment number one for single part messages, as follows:
EXTRACT
Format: EXTRACT/ATTACHMENT=attachment-number [filename]
NOTE: The /ATTACHMENT qualifier is required with EXTRACT.
This qualifier specifies the number of the attachment as
displayed by the LIST command. In a single part message,
o attachment number is displayed. For this case specify
attachment number one.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o Error messages can be overwritten or garbled when errors occur
while reading a Mime message.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o Problems occur while attempting to EXTRACT, EDIT, or REMOVE
message parts due to an improper attachment range check or an
illegal range of message part numbers being accepted when
actually invalid. Typically the symptom is either the part
fails to extract due to an erroneous error, or the incorrect
part is extracted, edited, or removed. This may include
removal or extraction of non-message parts or non-leaf
attachments, such as multipart or multipart alternative parts.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o When exiting and prompted to save file, a typographical error
would be accepted as a negative response and the file would
not be saved.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o While reading a message, the screen may be improperly restored
which causes the screen output to be displayed improperly.
This may happen when returning from a spawned process that
provided output to the same screen device, executed commands
in DCL that caused errors, and so forth.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o Other miscellaneous errors and problems that were corrected
are:
1. Certain file errors were not being reported or handled
properly during opening and editing of a message.
2. Fix regression where multiple SAVEs were not saving the
file and only the first save was being written.
3. Code optimization in remove attachment.
4. If an error occurred during ADD, the message would be
corrupted (there was no message recovery)
5. Under certain situations a message would not be saved
during a SAVE, EXIT, CLOSE, NEW, OPEN, and ^Z operation.
6. Errors would occur while attempting to use the edit
command as defined in MIME$MAILCAP.DAT.
7. No support for edit of HTML attachments (Unix-style file
name parsing.
8. Errors on, or failure to read plain text due to an
erroneous content-type parameter match on text style.
9. Update this version image IDENT, MIME Version and MIME
HELP (MIME$HELP.HLB) to V1.7
10. Updated MIME HELP
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o For a large MIME message (262 Mbyte) comprised of 40
attachments, attachments are not listed properly. Observing
the output from the MIME> LIST command and typing Control_S/Q
shows the attachments and the filenames. However, manually
scrolling back to review attachments and filenames results in
a display where attachment numbers and/or most filenames are
omitted. In trying to duplicate the problem, other large
messages with many attachments did not reproduce the problem.
Images Affected:[SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
[SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS and STORAGE databases.To view these articles,open the
appropriate product database and perform a query using either
of the following search strings: 'VMS73_MIME-V0100' or
'VMS73_MIME'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
No reboot is necessary after successful installation of the kit.
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Install this kit with the POLYCENTER Software installation utility
by logging into the SYSTEM account, and typing the following at the
DCL prompt:
PRODUCT INSTALL VMS73_MIME /SOURCE=[location of Kit]
The kit location may be a tape drive, CD, or a disk directory that
contains the kit.
Additional help on installing PCSI kits can be found by typing
HELP PRODUCT INSTALL at the system prompt
Special Installation Instructions:
o Scripting of Answers to Installation Questions
During installation, this kit will ask and require user
response to several questions. If you wish to automate the
installation of this kit and avoid having to provide responses
to these questions, you must create a DCL command procedure
that includes the following definitions and commands:
- $ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
- Add the following qualifiers to the PRODUCT INSTALL
command and add that command to the DCL procedure.
/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V1.0
- De-assign the logicals assigned
For example, a sample command file to install the
VMS73_MIME-V0100 kit would be:
$
$ DEFINE/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP TRUE
$!
$ PROD INSTALL VMS73_MIME/PROD=DEC/BASE=AXPVMS/VER=V1.0
$!
$ DEASSIGN/SYS NO_ASK$BACKUP
$!
$ exit
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
| MIME.EXE | B7721B3D | V1.7 | 29-MAY-2002 |
| | | 02:03:24.52 |
+----------------------------+----------+-----------------+--------------+
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