SMTP: Partial Message

This protocol anomaly is an SMTP message that uses the MIME content-subtype partial. Each MIME content-type consists of a type and a subtype, separated by a forward slash (type/subtype).

Extended Description

An SMTP message containing a subtype without a type in the header field should be considered a protocol anomaly. In fact, any incomplete Content-Type MIME headers should be considered protocol anomalies. The impact of such a message on an SMTP server depends on how the SMTP server deals with this anomaly.

References

URL: http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2045.html

Short Name

SMTP:INVALID:PARTIAL-MESG

Severity

Warning

Recommended

False

Recommended Action

None

SMTP: Partial Message

Extended Description

References

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