Explanation

> Ok. Found *_[256]_* unconnected physmessages.
> Ok. Found *_[778]_* unconnected mimeparts.
>
> 256 unit’s on one side, and 778 on the other?
> Shouldn’t the values match? I mean:
>
> Mimeparts = physmessages X 3
>
> Or the reason is, ‘cause messages can have one mimepart, or some of
> them, never a fixed number, correct right?

> -----Original Message-----
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> bounces@...] On Behalf Of Paul Stevens
> Sent: sábado, 10 de Outubro de 2009 21:59
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> Subject: Re: [Dbmail-dev] Explanation
>
> Jorge Bastos wrote:
> > Ok. Found *_[256]_* unconnected physmessages.
> > Ok. Found *_[778]_* unconnected mimeparts.
> >
> > 256 unit’s on one side, and 778 on the other?
> > Shouldn’t the values match? I mean:
> >
> > Mimeparts = physmessages X 3
> >
> > Or the reason is, ‘cause messages can have one mimepart, or some of
> > them, never a fixed number, correct right?
>
> a plain/text rfc822 message will consist of two mimeparts, like the
> good
> old messageblks storage.
> 1: rfc822 headers
> 2: rfc822 body
>
> a message/rfc822 would result in:
>
> 1: rfc822 headers
> 2: mimepart headers
> 3: mimepart body
>
> a multipart message with only one mimepart will result in at least 5
> mimeparts:
> 1: rfc822 headers
> 2: multipart preface
> 3: mimepart headers
> 4: mimepart body
> 5: multipart postface
>
>
> But then a message/rfc822 mimepart can contain a multipart message
> which
> may contain anything. Full recursion.
>
>
> So there number of mimeparts (M) related to the number of physmessages
> (P) is something like:
>
> M = A . P
> 2 <= A < inf
>
>
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