Re: fixing the current email module

On Oct 8, 2009, at 11:35 AM, Bill Janssen wrote:

> I should point out that I also store lots of metadata in the  
> registered
> MIME format text/rfc822-headers (defined in RFC 1892), data that  
> doesn't
> necessarily conform to the specific set of headers mentioned in  
> RFC822.
> It would be nice if the header support in the email package would also
> support reading and writing that format.
>
> And MIME multipart is sometimes used in applications other than email.
> It would be nice if the MIME parsing part of the email module could be
> used for those purposes, as well -- basically without some of the
> headers defined in 2822 and 2821.
>
> I think of those two as lower-level standalone libraries used by the
> higher-level email library.

I agree with this use case.

-Barry