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VAXMIME02_072 VAX V7.2 MIME Fixes ECO Summary
Copyright (c) Compaq Computer Corporation 2000. All rights reserved.
Modification Date: 19-OCT-2000
Modification Type: Updated Kit: Supersedes VAXMIME01_072
OP/SYS: OpenVMS VAX
COMPONENT: MIME
SOURCE: Compaq Computer Corporation
ECO INFORMATION:
ECO Kit Name: VAXMIME02_072
ECO Kits Superseded by This ECO Kit: VAXMIME01_072
ECO Kit Approximate Size: 306 Blocks
Kit Applies To: OpenVMS VAX V7.2
System/Cluster Reboot Necessary: No
Rolling Re-boot Supported: Not Applicable
Installation Rating: INSTALL_2
2 - To be installed on all systems running
the listed version(s) of OpenVMS and
using the following feature(s):
MIME Utility
Kit Dependencies:
The following remedial kit(s) must be installed BEFORE
installation of this kit:
VAXUPDATE01_072
In order to receive all the corrections listed in this
kit, the following remedial kits should also be installed:
None
ECO KIT SUMMARY:
An ECO kit exists for MIME on OpenVMS VAX V7.2. This kit addresses the
following problems:
Problems Addressed in VAXMIME02_072:
o The following problems were corrected in this MIME release:
1. Memory corruption occurred when using the OpenVMS MIME
utility, especially when repeatedly opening and closing
UUencoded files.
2. When composing a simple, single-part, MIME text message
(with no attachments), the READ command would display
properly until the file was saved, closed, and re-opened
for reading. Then extra headers for a text attachment
would appear in the MIME header area, which resulted in an
error:
%MIME-E-OPNFILERR, 'error opening file'
3. When using MIME to compose messages, the resulting MIME
file did not have its MIME message boundary parameter
string properly quoted. The string is part of the
'Content-Type:' multipart-mixed header field.
Consequently, the message may not be read correctly.
4. An ANALYZE/RMS error would occur, if used on the zero
allocated block file created, but never written to, by
composing a MIME 'NEW' Message.
5. Attachments can be removed, but not saved, for READ only
messages. This behavior should not be allowed for READ
only messages.
6. An ACCVIO error can occur when MIME attempts to display
the VIEWER error message. This occurs when a MIME file is
opened for which no viewer exists.
7. Multiple memory leaks occur when repeatedly opening and
closing UUencoded files. This excessive use of memory
resources may not be readily apparent to the user.
8. Extraneous files can be left behind by MIME, if the user
performs a QUIT command, or after prompting and answering
'no' to a file save operation on EXIT.
9. The OPEN MIME command with the /NEW qualifier would fail,
which is redundant with the NEW command. This was removed.
10. The MIME command OPEN would continue to parse for multiple
files (up to eight), if none were specified with the OPEN
command. The operation would usually fail with the
following errors:
%RMS-E-FNF, file not found
%MIME-W-NOMSGOPEN, No currently active message
11. Multiple error messages with the same error would be
returned, if the file which was attempted to be opened was
not found.
12. If one NEW MIME message that is writeable was closed, and
a NEW one specified, the old data file could display from
the previous edit session. MIME was not cleaning up files
during a close and not freeing memory.
13. File types (extensions), their Content-type/subtype and
their encoding scheme optionally defined in MIME$FILETYPES.DAT
file was not being read properly, nor would it allow error
recovery. Also, an error message may not display when the
file had errors.
14. Sometimes informational messages get overwritten when MIME
exits with the DCL prompt.
MIME HELP (MIME$HELP.HLB) and MIME commands (MIMECMD.CLD) were
updated to reflect the above changes.
Images Affected:
- [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
- [SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
Problems Addressed in VAXMIME01_072:
o ACCVIO on OPEN message command.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o NETSCAPE creates an error window 'unable to find the file'
when NETSCAPE is defined in MIME$MAILCAP.DAT as the viewer of
choice for text/html (type/subtype).
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o MIME file OPEN commands continuously ACCVIO with a specified
file. They also provide useless FAO Information:
%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=!XB, virtual
address=!XH, PC=!XH
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o Composing a MIME message with an ADD/CONTENT="image/jpg"
command causes the following error and then exit:
%CLI-F-SYNTAX, error parsing 'ContentTypeValue' error and exits.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o When opening and attempting to read a valid MIME encoded,
multi-part message, MIME displays the text portion of the
message correctly but, if the attachment is of a part/subpart
that VMS does not understand (such as .DOC, .XLS etc.), it
displays the message:
<No Viewer for Attachment: (null)>
MIME now displays the local filename if the disposition
filename is empty rather than NULL
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o If a single $FAO argument (for $PUTMSG) is used in LIB$SIGNAL
(and defined in MIME$MESSAGE.MSG, the status/error message is
not printed out in its entirety - the text is missing and the
actual !AZ FAO control parameter is printed instead.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o A section with examples was added to the HLP file for
MIME$MAILCAP.DAT content type/subtype definition file.
Images Affected: [SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
o Errors occur when attempting to OPEN/READ UUENCODED Files.
Depending on the file, you may see SMG$ errors or 'junk' error
messages:
- %SMG-W-STRTERESC, illegal escape sequence embedded
in string, %MIME-E-OPNFILERR
or
MIME> open MAIL.MIME_MSG
%MIME-I-SAVEPART, Saving part
´zêxzêéGêd|ê`|êü{êÌzê³Hxê.ø{êÌzêõI\|êd|ê`|êü/´êêà
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o When attempting to open a Compaq Corporate-generated message,
MIME gives a MIME$_OPNFILERR when the MIME file has spaces
within the filename (part of the UUencoded file).
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o Embedded filenames within MIME-encoded files that are non-ODS-2
compliant would cause MIME to fail to open/create the
file and instead would ACCVIO or produce the error message:
%MIME-E-OPNFILERR
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o Added error codes: MIME$_DBL_ERROR for condition handler and
action routine and MIME$_FILENAMMOD informational for user
when filename is modified, also INITERROR fatal, MIME$_INFO,
and fixed /FAO=n to match parameters.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o Mime ACCVIO's on an .XLS spreadsheet while incorrectly
handling the extract of a non-multipart UUENCODED file.
%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=00,
virtual address=0000000000000004,
PC=0000000000031FD4, PS=0000001B
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o Fixed a memory leak.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o MIME will ACCVIO if the user adds valid commands that invoke
an application to read a MIME encoded (MAIL) file in the
user's (or SYSTEM's) MIME$MAILCAP.DAT file. T he error message
sent is:
!%SYSTEM-F-ACCVIO, access violation, reason mask=01, virtual
address=29776F64, PC=000085D4, PSL=03C00000
!break on exception at STRING\cistrncmp\%LINE 360+2C
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o If an attachment was extracted more than once, an ACCVIO would
result due to a stale pointer used that was previously freed.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o On an attempt to open a MIME encoded file the process can
ACCVIO and due to the nature of the Exception Handler, the
process may loop with the ACCVIO error output (constant
re-signaling).
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o MIME's ExceptionHandler() does not handle various argument
length exceptions
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o A parent process will hang upon return of a spawned process,
if that subprocess encounters an error (or warning) while
spawned.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o The MIME EDIT (attachment #) command fails to edit the part,
edits the incorrect part, simply returns, or returns with the
following error message:
%CLI-W-IVVERB, unrecognized command verb - check validity and
spelling \TPU\
Images Affected: - [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o The MIME SAVE command could fail with:
%MIME-E-OPNFILERR, Error opening file -RMS-E-FEX, file already
exists
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o When exiting MIME after an edit and save session, the user
would be prompted to save the file. This causes confusion,
since the file was previously saved and there were no file
modifications in the interim.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o The user is not informed if a file is successfully saved.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o When adding an attachment with the following MIME command and
qualifier:
MIME> ADD /CONTENT_TYPE="type/subtype"
quotation marks are required as part of the qualifier syntax.
However, when attempting to read that same file and
attachment, the following error would result:
<No Viewer for Attachment: file_name>
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o When attaching a message, the message ID is random characters.
Images Affected: [SYSEXE]MIME.EXE
o MIME HELP (MIME$HELP.HLB) has been updated to reflect user
documentation.
Images Affected: [SYSHLP]MIME$HELP.HLB
RELATED ARTICLES:
Detailed articles describing the problems listed above may exist in
the OPENVMS database. To view these articles, open the appropriate
product database and perform a query using either of the following
search strings: 'VAXMIME02_072' or 'VAXMIME'.
ECO KIT ORDERING INSTRUCTIONS:
If after an evaluation you wish to obtain this kit, request it
electronically using the appropriate Advanced Electronic Services
(AES) Service Tool. If you are not familiar with how to request
kits electronically, open the DIA, WIS or DSNLINK database and
review the article entitled:
[AES] How To Electronically Request ECO Kits Using Service Tools
INSTALLATION NOTES:
The system/cluster does not need to be rebooted after this kit is
installed.
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| Table of Kit Image Information |
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| | Overall | Image File | Image Link |
| Image Name | Checksum | Identification | Date/Time |
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| MIME.EXE |%X52933191| V1.4 | 22-SEP-2000 |
| | | 08:45:11.89 |
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