Re: Streaming MIME parser

suresh! wrote :

> Alternatively, I can store the entire message on the
> disk and then feed the parser. RFC headers does not
> pose a problem of being in memory. But the body and
> attachments do. If the MIME parser gives me the
> position of the start and end of the body and
> attachments then I can directly goto that position in
> the file and start reading instead of having to store
> them in memory. (Ofcourse I would need more events
> from the MIME Parser as to whether it is an attachment
> beginning or a multipart beginning etc)

You can also map the file to memory :

see mmap() (2)

that will let you read the file content as if its content was in memory.
You can find an example of use in smtpsend.c in libetpan/tests/

-- 
DINH V. Hoa,

"Pétage de plomb, excès de bière, de coke... probablement..."
     -- Emmanuel Delahaye

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