Missing HTML content when parsing email sent from Android

Question

Here is a sample email sent from Android device (Galaxy Tab i think). Resulting MailMessage object is missing BodyHtml property but here is the result when openning the file in Outlook:

Answer 1

UPDATE: We have added a workaround into Rebex Secure Mail which adds support for such malformed EML. The workaround was released as part of Rebex Secure Mail 2013R3 version on 3/12/2013.

Thank you for a nice catch, Gralin! This is already known as a bug which appeared on Samsung Galaxy Tab devices (e.g. see this forum).

The actual problem is that the device issues emails with Content-Type "multipart/relative" (which has no sense in MIME ) instead of the correct "multipart/related".

Comments

Please download the hotfix and give it a try. A full hotfix version is available, just write an email to support@rebex.net with your support contract details.

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Always happy to provide sample date that will make your product move forward. I confirm that the provided hotfix fixes this particular email. If it breaks or doesn't work for any other i will let you know.

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The workaround has been released on 3/12/2013 as part of Rebex Secure Mail version 2013R3.