From: Eric Burger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> In the e-mail world, the ;handling property was created for gateways (B2BUA's), so the gateway could know whether dropping a body part, because the connected network/protocol could not handle that body part, would render the message useless. For example, if I am using an old version of Outlook, and I send you a Word file, the Word body part is required for the relay, but the application/tnef (proprietary Outlook stuff) is optional and the gateway can silently drop the part.
Ah! This is an interesting difference, as the concept is that the handling property is "global", that is, if a part labeled "required" is necessary for successful processing of the entire message. (As opposed to the "local" concept, where it is only neccessary for the successful processing of the containing multipart, whose processing might not be necessary for processing the entire message.) Of course, with one-level nesting, the two are equivalent. Dale _______________________________________________ Sip mailing list https://www.ietf.org/mailman/listinfo/sip This list is for NEW development of the core SIP Protocol Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for questions on current sip Use [EMAIL PROTECTED] for new developments on the application of sip
