Network Working Group                                          T. Hansen
Request for Comments: 5703                             AT&T Laboratories
Category: Standards Track                                       C. Daboo
                                                             Apple Inc.
                                                           October 2009


    Sieve Email Filtering: MIME Part Tests, Iteration, Extraction,
                      Replacement, and Enclosure

Abstract

  This document defines extensions to the Sieve email filtering
  language to permit analysis and manipulation of the MIME body parts
  of an email message.

Status of This Memo

  This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the
  Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for
  improvements.  Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet
  Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state
  and status of this protocol.  Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

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  outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may
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  than English.

Table of Contents

  1. Introduction ....................................................2
  2. Conventions Used in This Document ...............................3
  3. Sieve Loops: Actions "foreverypart" and "break" .................3
  4. Changes to Sieve Tests ..........................................4
     4.1. Test "header" ..............................................4
     4.2. Test "address" .............................................7
     4.3. Test "exists" ..............................................8
  5. Action "replace" ................................................8
  6. Action "enclose" ...............................................10
  7. Action "extracttext" ...........................................11
  8. Sieve Capability Strings .......................................11
  9. Examples .......................................................12
     9.1. Example 1 .................................................12
     9.2. Example 2 .................................................12
     9.3. Example 3 .................................................13
  10. Acknowledgements ..............................................13
  11. Security Considerations .......................................14
  12. IANA Considerations ...........................................14
     12.1. foreverypart capability ..................................15
     12.2. mime capability ..........................................15
     12.3. replace capability .......................................15
     12.4. enclose capability .......................................16
     12.5. extracttext capability ...................................16
  13. References ....................................................16
     13.1. Normative References .....................................16
     13.2. Informative References ...................................17

1.  Introduction

  MIME messages ([RFC2045]) are often complex objects, consisting of
  many parts and sub-parts.  This Sieve ([RFC5228]) extension defines
  mechanisms for performing tests on MIME body parts, looping through
  the MIME body parts, extracting information from a MIME body part,
  changing the contents of a MIME body part, and enclosing the entire
  message within a wrapper.









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2.  Conventions Used in This Document

  Conventions for notations are as in [RFC5228], Section 1.1.

  The key words "MUST", "MUST NOT", "REQUIRED", "SHALL", "SHALL NOT",
  "SHOULD", "SHOULD NOT", "RECOMMENDED", "MAY", and "OPTIONAL" in this
  document are to be interpreted as described in [RFC2119].

3.  Sieve Loops: Actions "foreverypart" and "break"

  The base Sieve language has no looping mechanism.  Given that
  messages may contain multiple parts, in order to support filters that
  apply to any and all parts, we introduce a new control command:
  "foreverypart", which is an iterator that walks though every MIME
  part of a message, including nested parts, depth first, and applies
  the commands in the specified block to each of them.  The iterator
  will start with the first MIME part (as its current context) and will
  execute a command block (Sieve commands enclosed by {...}).  Upon
  completion of this command block, the iterator advances to the next
  MIME part (as its current context) and executes the same command
  block again.

  The iterator can be terminated prematurely by a new Sieve control
  command, "break".

  Usage:  foreverypart [":name" string] block

  Usage:  break [":name" string];

  "foreverypart" commands can be nested inside other "foreverypart"
  commands.  When this occurs, the nested "foreverypart" iterates over
  the MIME parts contained within the MIME part currently being
  targeted by the nearest enclosing "foreverypart" command.  (That is,
  the inner loop only operates on children of the bodypart currently
  accessed by the outer loop.)  If that MIME part is a terminal MIME
  part (i.e., does not contain other MIME parts), then the nested
  "foreverypart" loop is simply ignored.

  Sieve implementations MAY limit the number of nested loops that occur
  within one another; however, they MUST support at least one nested
  loop inside another loop.

  If a name is given to a "break" command, it terminates the closest
  enclosing loop with the identical matching name.  (If a nested
  "foreverypart" name is the same as a "foreverypart" name in an outer
  level, the outer level name is hidden.)  It is an error if there is
  no enclosing loop with that name.




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  If no name is given in a "break" command (i.e., the ":name" parameter
  is omitted), the break command terminates the closest enclosing loop.

4.  Changes to Sieve Tests

  This specification extends the base Sieve "header", "address", and
  "exists" tests to support targeting those tests at a specific MIME
  part or at all MIME parts in the enclosing scope.

4.1.  Test "header"

  The "header" test is extended with the addition of new ":mime" and
  ":anychild" tagged arguments and their associated options.

  Usage:  header [":mime"] [":anychild"] [MIMEOPTS]
     [COMPARATOR] [MATCH-TYPE]
     <header-names: string-list> <key-list: string-list>

     The definition of [MIMEOPTS] is:

  Syntax:  ":type" / ":subtype" / ":contenttype" /
     ":param" <param-list: string-list>

  When the ":mime" tagged argument is present in the "header" test, it
  will parse the MIME header lines in the message so that tests can be
  performed on specific elements.  The ":anychild" tagged argument may
  only appear when the ":mime" tagged argument is present, and only
  modifies the semantics of the ":mime" tagged argument.  That is,
  presence of the ":anychild" in absence of ":mime" is an error.

  When used outside the context of a "foreverypart" iterator, and
  without an ":anychild" tagged argument, the "header" test will
  examine only the outer top-level [RFC5322] headers of the message.

  When used inside the context of a "foreverypart" iterator, and
  without an ":anychild" tagged argument, the "header" test will
  examine the headers associated with the current MIME part context
  from the loop.

  When used outside the context of a "foreverypart" iterator, and with
  an ":anychild" tagged argument, the "header" test will examine all
  MIME body parts and return true if any of them satisfies the test.

  When used inside the context of a "foreverypart" iterator, and with
  an ":anychild" tagged argument, the "header" test will examine the
  current MIME part context and all its nested MIME body parts,
  returning true if any of them satisfies the test.




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  The "header" test with the ":mime" tagged argument can test various
  aspects of certain structured MIME headers.  Implementations SHOULD
  support desegmentation, decoding, and charset translation of
  parameter values encoded according to [RFC2231] as part of this test.
  Additionally, [RFC2047] describes a process whereby [RFC5322] headers
  can be encoded in various ways.  That encoding is not strictly
  allowed in MIME parameters; however, in practice, it has been used in
  many email implementations.  So, Sieve implementations MAY decode
  [RFC2047]-encoded words in parameter values as part of this test.

  These options are available:

  :type          for a "Content-Type" MIME header field, parses and
                 tests the value of the MIME type specified in the
                 header; for a "Content-Disposition" MIME header field,
                 parses and tests the value of the disposition
                 specified in the header; for other MIME headers, uses
                 a blank string for the test.

  :subtype       for a "Content-Type" MIME header field, parses and
                 tests the value of the MIME subtype specified in the
                 header; for a "Content-Disposition" MIME header field,
                 uses a blank string for the test; for other MIME
                 headers, uses a blank string for the test.

  :contenttype   for a "Content-Type" MIME header field, parses and
                 tests the combined value of the MIME type and subtype
                 specified in the header; for a "Content-Disposition"
                 MIME header field, behaves the same as the ":type"
                 option; for other MIME headers, uses a blank string
                 for the test.

  :param         parses the header looking for MIME parameters in the
                 header.  The supplied string-list lists the names of
                 any parameters to be tested.  If any one named
                 parameter value matches any of the test string values,
                 the test will return true.

  When the ":count" option from [RFC5231] is used, the following
  applies:

  a.  for ":type", ":subtype", or ":contenttype", return a count of the
      number of headers that parsed successfully

  b.  for ":param", return a count of the number of parameters with the
      given name that were found





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  Example:

  require ["mime", "fileinto"];

  if header :mime :type "Content-Type" "image"
  {
      fileinto "INBOX.images";
  }

  In this example, any message that contains a MIME image type part at
  the top-level is saved to the mailbox "INBOX.images".

  Example:

  require ["mime", "fileinto"];

  if header :mime :anychild :contenttype
            "Content-Type" "text/html"
  {
      fileinto "INBOX.html";
  }

  In this example, any message that contains any MIME part with a
  content-type of "text/html" is saved to the mailbox "INBOX.html".

  Example:

  require ["mime", "foreverypart", "fileinto"];

  foreverypart
  {
      if allof (
        header :mime :param "filename" :contains
           "Content-Disposition" "important",
        header :mime :subtype "Content-Type" "pdf",
        size :over "100K")
      {
          fileinto "INBOX.important";
          break;
      }
  }

  In this example, any message that contains a MIME part that has a
  content-disposition with a filename parameter containing the text
  "important", has a content-subtype of "pdf" and is bigger than 100 Kb
  is saved to the mailbox "INBOX.important".





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4.2.  Test "address"

  The "address" test is extended with the addition of new ":mime" and
  ":anychild" tagged arguments and their associated options.

  Usage:  address [":mime"] [":anychild"] [COMPARATOR]
     [ADDRESS-PART] [MATCH-TYPE]
     <header-list: string-list> <key-list: string-list>

  When the ":mime" tagged argument is present in the "address" test, it
  will parse the MIME header lines as if they were standard address
  header lines in a message so that tests can be performed on specific
  elements.

  The behavior of the ":anychild" tagged argument and the interaction
  with the "foreverypart" iterator is the same as for the extended
  "header" test in Section 4.1.

  That is,

     the use of "address" when both the ":mime" and ":anychild" tagged
     arguments are omitted is the test defined in [RFC5228], i.e., it
     will *only* operate on top-level header fields, whether or not it
     is inside "foreverypart".

     the use of "address" with ":mime" and no ":anychild" operates on
     the current MIME part only (or on the top-level header fields, if
     outside "foreverypart").

     the use of "address" with ":mime" and ":anychild" operates on the
     current MIME part and all of its descendants.

  Example:

  require ["mime", "fileinto"];

  if address :mime :is :all "content-from" "[email protected]"
  {
      fileinto "INBOX.part-from-tim";
  }

  In this example, any message that contains a MIME Content-From header
  at the top-level matching the text "[email protected]" is saved to the
  mailbox "INBOX.part-from-tim".







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4.3.  Test "exists"

  The "exists" test is extended with the addition of the new ":mime"
  and ":anychild" tagged arguments and their associated options.

  Usage:  exists [":mime"] [":anychild"] <header-names: string-list>

  When the ":mime" tagged argument is present in the "exists" test, the
  test is extended to check for the existence of MIME headers in MIME
  parts.

  The behavior of the ":anychild" tagged argument and the interaction
  with the "foreverypart" iterator is the same as for the extended
  "header" test Section 4.1.

  That is,

     the use of "exists" when both the ":mime" and ":anychild" tagged
     arguments are omitted is the test defined in [RFC5228], i.e., it
     will *only* operate on top-level header fields, whether or not it
     is inside "foreverypart".

     the use of "exists" with ":mime" and no ":anychild" operates on
     the current MIME part only (or on the top-level header fields, if
     outside "foreverypart").

     the use of "exists" with ":mime" and ":anychild" operates on the
     current MIME part and all of its descendants.

  Example:

  require ["mime", "fileinto"];

  if exists :mime :anychild "content-md5"
  {
      fileinto "INBOX.md5";
  }

  In this example, any message that contains a MIME Content-MD5 header
  in any MIME part is saved to the mailbox "INBOX.md5".

5.  Action "replace"

  Usage:  replace [":mime"] [":subject" string] [":from" string]
     <replacement: string>

  The "replace" command is defined to allow a MIME part to be replaced
  with the text supplied in the command.



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  When used in the context of a "foreverypart" iterator, the MIME part
  to be replaced is the "current" MIME part.  If the current MIME
  context is a multipart MIME part, the entire multipart MIME part is
  replaced, which would alter the MIME structure of the message by
  eliminating all of the children of the multipart part.  (Replacing a
  non-multipart MIME part within a "foreverypart" loop context does not
  alter the overall message structure.)  If the MIME structure is
  altered, the change takes effect immediately: the "foreverypart"
  iterator that is executing does not go into the no-longer existing
  body parts, and subsequent "foreverypart" iterators would use the new
  message structure.

  When used outside the context of a "foreverypart" loop, the MIME part
  to be replaced is the entire message.

  If the ":mime" parameter is not specified, the replacement string is
  a text/plain part in UTF-8 [RFC3629].

  If the ":mime" parameter is specified, then the replacement string
  is, in fact, a MIME entity as defined in [RFC2045], Section 2.4,
  including both MIME headers and content.

  If the entire message is being replaced, the optional ":subject"
  parameter specifies a subject line to attach to the message that is
  generated.  UTF-8 characters can be used in the string argument;
  implementations MUST convert the string to [RFC2047]-encoded words if
  and only if non-ASCII characters are present.  If the ":subject"
  parameter is used, implementations MUST preserve any previous Subject
  header as an Original-Subject header.  Implementations MUST preserve
  all other header fields from the original message with the exception
  of those relating to the MIME structure that is being replaced.

  If the entire message is being replaced, as an indication that the
  message is no longer as created by the original author of the
  message, the optional ":from" parameter may be used to specify an
  alternate address to use in the From field of the message that is
  generated.  The string must specify a valid [RFC5322] mailbox-list.
  Implementations SHOULD check the syntax and generate an error when a
  syntactically invalid ":from" parameter is specified.
  Implementations MAY also impose restrictions on what addresses can be
  specified in a ":from" parameter; it is suggested that values that
  fail such a validity check simply be ignored rather than causing the
  "replace" action to fail.  If the From header is changed,
  implementations MUST preserve the previous From header as an
  Original-From header.






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  Implementations that support the "editheader" extension [RFC5293]
  MUST ensure that any Original-Subject or Original-From headers added
  by the system cannot be modified or removed.  Implementations MAY
  prevent the addition of Original-Subject and Orignal-From headers via
  the "editheader" extension.

  If ":mime" is specified and either ":subject" or ":from" is
  specified, the ":subject:" or ":from" parameter MUST be ignored.
  This SHOULD be flagged as a compilation error.

6.  Action "enclose"

  Usage:  enclose <:subject string> <:headers string-list> string

  A new Sieve action command is defined to allow an entire message to
  be enclosed as an attachment to a new message.  After enclosure,
  subsequent actions affecting the message header or content, as well
  as tests operating on the MIME structure or accessing MIME header
  fields, use the newly created message instead of the original
  message; this means that any use of a "replace" action or other
  similar actions should be executed before the "enclose" action.

  If multiple "enclose" actions are executed by a script, the message
  is enclosed multiple times.  (If a Sieve script desires to choose
  between different enclosures, or wants to delay the enclosure to the
  end of the script, it can use variables with appropriate tests
  [RFC5229].)

  This action does not affect messages that are forwarded via a
  "redirect" action.

  Specifically, the original message becomes a multipart/mixed message
  with two parts: a text/plain portion with the string argument as its
  body, and a message/rfc822 portion with the original message
  enclosed.  The Content-Type: header field becomes multipart/mixed.
  The optional Subject: header is specified by the ":subject" argument;
  if not present, the subject will be taken from the enclosed message.
  Any headers specified by ":headers" are copied from the old message
  into the new message.  If not specified by ":headers", Date: and
  From: headers should be synthesized to reflect the current date and
  the user running the Sieve action.










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7.  Action "extracttext"

  Usage:  extracttext [MODIFIER] [":first" number] <varname: string>

  The "extracttext" action may be used within the context of a
  "foreverypart" loop and is used to store text into a variable as
  defined by [RFC5229].  Servers MUST support transcoding of any
  textual body part into UTF-8 for use with this action.  This requires
  decoding any transfer encoding as well as transcoding from the
  indicated character set into UTF-8.  It stores at most ":first"
  characters of the transcoded content of the current MIME body part in
  the variable identified by varname.  If the ":first" parameter is not
  present, the whole content of the current MIME body part is stored.
  In either case, the actually stored data MAY be truncated to conform
  to implementation specific limit on variable length and/or on MIME
  body part length.  If the transfer encoding or character set is
  unrecognized by the implementation or recognized but invalid, an
  empty string will result.

  If "extracttext" is used outside the context of a "foreverypart"
  loop, the action will set the variable identified by varname to the
  empty string.  This SHOULD be flagged as a compilation error.

  Modifiers are applied on the extracted text before it is stored in
  the variable.

8.  Sieve Capability Strings

  A Sieve implementation that defines the "foreverypart" and "break"
  actions will advertise the capability string "foreverypart".

  A Sieve implementation that defines the ":mime" and ":anychild"
  tagged arguments to the "header", "address", and "exists" commands
  will advertise the capability string "mime".

  A Sieve implementation that defines the "replace" action will
  advertise the capability string "replace".

  A Sieve implementation that defines the "enclose" action will
  advertise the capability string "enclose".

  A Sieve implementation that defines the "extracttext" action will
  advertise the capability string "extracttext".  Note that to be
  useful, the "extracttext" action also requires the "variables"
  [RFC5229] and "foreverypart" capabilities.






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9.  Examples

9.1.  Example 1

  Consider a Sieve script to replace some of the Windows executable
  attachments in a message.  (The actual list of executable types and
  extensions is considerably longer and constantly changing.  The tests
  shown here are an example only.)  Such a script might look like this:

  require [ "foreverypart", "mime", "replace" ];
  foreverypart
  {
    if anyof (
           header :mime :contenttype :is
             "Content-Type" "application/exe",
           header :mime :param "filename"
             :matches ["Content-Type", "Content-Disposition"] "*.com" )
    {
      replace "Executable attachment removed by user filter";
    }
  }

9.2.  Example 2

  Consider a Sieve script to warn the user about some of the executable
  attachment types.  (The actual list of executable types and
  extensions is considerably longer and constantly changing.  The tests
  shown here are an example only.)  Such a script might look like this:

  require [ "foreverypart", "mime", "enclose" ];

  foreverypart
  {
    if header :mime :param "filename"
       :matches ["Content-Type", "Content-Disposition"]
         ["*.com", "*.exe", "*.vbs", "*.scr",
          "*.pif", "*.hta", "*.bat", "*.zip" ]
    {
      # these attachment types are executable
      enclose :subject "Warning" :text
  WARNING! The enclosed message contains executable attachments.
  These attachment types may contain a computer virus program
  that can infect your computer and potentially damage your data.

  Before clicking on these message attachments, you should verify
  with the sender that this message was sent by them and not a
  computer virus.




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  .
  ;
      break;
    }
  }

9.3.  Example 3

  A Sieve script to extract subject and text out of messages from the
  boss might look like this:

  require ["mime", "variables", "extracttext"];

  if header :contains "from" "[email protected]"
  {
    # :matches is used to get the value of the Subject header
    if header :matches "Subject" "*"
    {
      set "subject" "${1}";
    }

    # extract the first 100 characters of the first text/* part
    foreverypart
    {
      if header :mime :type :is "Content-Type" "text"
      {
        extracttext :first 100 "msgcontent";
        break;
      }
    }

    # if it's not a 'for your information' message
    if not header :contains "subject" "FYI:"
    {
      # do something using ${subject} and ${msgcontent}
      # such as sending a notification using a
      # notification extension
    }
  }

10.  Acknowledgements

  Comments from members of the MTA Filters Working Group, in particular
  Ned Freed, Kjetil Torgrim Homme, Mark Mallett, Alexey Melnikov, Aaron
  Stone, and Nigel Swinson are gratefully acknowledged.






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11.  Security Considerations

  The "enclose" action creates an entirely new message, as compared to
  just redirecting or forwarding the existing message.  Therefore, any
  site policies applicable to message submission should be enforced.

  The looping specification specified here provides easier access to
  information about the message contents, which may also be achieved
  through other sieve tests.  This is not believed to raise any
  additional security issues beyond those for the Sieve "envelope" and
  "body" [RFC5173] tests.

  Any change in message content may interfere with digital signature
  mechanisms that include that content in the signed material.  In
  particular, using "replace" makes direct changes to the body content
  and will affect the body hash included in Domain Keys Identified Mail
  (DKIM) signatures [RFC4871], or the message signature used for Secure
  MIME (S/MIME) [RFC3851], Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) [RFC1991] or
  OpenPGP [RFC4880].

  It is not possible to examine the MIME structure of decrypted content
  in a multipart/encrypted MIME part.

  When "enclose" is used on a message containing a multipart/signed
  MIME part, the Sieve implementation MUST ensure that the original
  message is copied octet-for-octet to maintain the validity of the
  digital signature.

  The system MUST be sized and restricted in such a manner that even
  malicious use of MIME part matching does not deny service to other
  users of the host system.

  All of the security considerations given in the base Sieve
  specification also apply to these extensions.

12.  IANA Considerations

  The Original-Subject and Original-From headers have been registered
  in the Permanent Message Header Fields registry.

  The following templates specify the IANA registrations of the Sieve
  extensions specified in this document.  This information has been
  added to the IANA registry of Sieve Extensions (currently found at
  http://www.iana.org).







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12.1.  foreverypart capability

  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension

  Capability name: foreverypart
  Description: adds the "foreverypart" and "break" actions for
  iterating through MIME parts of a message.

  RFC number: RFC 5703
  Contact address: The Sieve discussion list
  <[email protected]>.

12.2.  mime capability

  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension

  Capability name: mime
  Description: adds the ":mime" and ":anychild" tagged arguments to the
  "header", "address", and "exists" tests.  Adds the ":type",
  ":subtype", ":contenttype", and ":param" options when ":mime" is used
  with the "header" test.

  RFC number: RFC 5703
  Contact address: The Sieve discussion list
  <[email protected]>.

12.3.  replace capability

  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension

  Capability name: replace
  Description: adds the "replace" action for replacing a MIME body part
  of a message.

  RFC number: RFC 5703
  Contact address: The Sieve discussion list
  <[email protected]>.











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12.4.  enclose capability

  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension

  Capability name: enclose
  Description: adds the "enclose" action for enclosing a message with a
  wrapper.

  RFC number: RFC 5703
  Contact address: The Sieve discussion list
  <[email protected]>.

12.5.  extracttext capability

  To: [email protected]
  Subject: Registration of new Sieve extension

  Capability name: extracttext
  Description: adds the "extracttext" action for extracting text from a

  MIME body part.

  RFC number: RFC 5703
  Contact address: The Sieve discussion list
  <[email protected]>.

13.  References

13.1.  Normative References

  [RFC2045]  Freed, N. and N. Borenstein, "Multipurpose Internet Mail
             Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message
             Bodies", RFC 2045, November 1996.

  [RFC2047]  Moore, K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
             Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text",
             RFC 2047, November 1996.

  [RFC2119]  Bradner, S., "Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate
             Requirement Levels", BCP 14, RFC 2119, March 1997.

  [RFC2231]  Freed, N. and K. Moore, "MIME Parameter Value and Encoded
             Word Extensions:
             Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations", RFC 2231,
             November 1997.





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  [RFC3629]  Yergeau, F., "UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO
             10646", STD 63, RFC 3629, November 2003.

  [RFC5173]  Degener, J. and P. Guenther, "Sieve Email Filtering: Body
             Extension", RFC 5173, April 2008.

  [RFC5228]  Guenther, P. and T. Showalter, "Sieve: An Email Filtering
             Language", RFC 5228, January 2008.

  [RFC5229]  Homme, K., "Sieve Email Filtering: Variables Extension",
             RFC 5229, January 2008.

  [RFC5231]  Segmuller, W. and B. Leiba, "Sieve Email Filtering:
             Relational Extension", RFC 5231, January 2008.

  [RFC5293]  Degener, J. and P. Guenther, "Sieve Email Filtering:
             Editheader Extension", RFC 5293, August 2008.

  [RFC5322]  Resnick, P., Ed., "Internet Message Format", RFC 5322,
             October 2008.

13.2.  Informative References

  [RFC1991]  Atkins, D., Stallings, W., and P. Zimmermann, "PGP Message
             Exchange Formats", RFC 1991, August 1996.

  [RFC3851]  Ramsdell, B., "Secure/Multipurpose Internet Mail
             Extensions (S/MIME) Version 3.1 Message Specification",
             RFC 3851, July 2004.

  [RFC4871]  Allman, E., Callas, J., Delany, M., Libbey, M., Fenton,
             J., and M. Thomas, "DomainKeys Identified Mail (DKIM)
             Signatures", RFC 4871, May 2007.

  [RFC4880]  Callas, J., Donnerhacke, L., Finney, H., Shaw, D., and R.
             Thayer, "OpenPGP Message Format", RFC 4880, November 2007.















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Authors' Addresses

  Tony Hansen
  AT&T Laboratories
  200 Laurel Ave.
  Middletown, NJ  07748
  USA

  EMail: [email protected]


  Cyrus Daboo
  Apple Inc.
  1 Infinite Loop
  Cupertino, CA  95014
  USA

  EMail: [email protected]
  URI:   http://www.apple.com/
































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