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authorBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2002-10-01 15:29:09 (GMT)
committerBarry Warsaw <barry@python.org>2002-10-01 15:29:09 (GMT)
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@@ -135,12 +135,14 @@ Here are some notes on the parsing semantics:
message object with a string payload. These objects will return
\code{False} for \method{is_multipart()}. Their
\method{get_payload()} method will return a string object.
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\item All \mimetype{multipart} type messages will be parsed as a
container message object with a list of sub-message objects for
their payload. The outer container message will return
\code{True} for \method{is_multipart()} and their
\method{get_payload()} method will return the list of
\class{Message} subparts.
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\item Most messages with a content type of \mimetype{message/*}
(e.g. \mimetype{message/deliver-status} and
\mimetype{message/rfc822}) will also be parsed as container