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+/*
+ * Licensed to the Apache Software Foundation (ASF) under one
+ * or more contributor license agreements.  See the NOTICE file
+ * distributed with this work for additional information
+ * regarding copyright ownership.  The ASF licenses this file
+ * to you under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the
+ * "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance
+ * with the License.  You may obtain a copy of the License at
+ *
+ *  http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
+ *
+ * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing,
+ * software distributed under the License is distributed on an
+ * "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY
+ * KIND, either express or implied.  See the License for the
+ * specific language governing permissions and limitations
+ * under the License.
+ */
+
+package javax.mail.internet;
+
+import java.io.BufferedInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayInputStream;
+import java.io.ByteArrayOutputStream;
+import java.io.IOException;
+import java.io.InputStream;
+import java.io.ObjectStreamException;
+import java.io.OutputStream;
+import java.io.UnsupportedEncodingException;
+import java.util.ArrayList;
+import java.util.Arrays;
+import java.util.Date;
+import java.util.Enumeration;
+import java.util.HashMap;
+import java.util.List;
+import java.util.Map;
+
+import javax.activation.DataHandler;
+import javax.mail.Address;
+import javax.mail.Flags;
+import javax.mail.Folder;
+import javax.mail.IllegalWriteException;
+import javax.mail.Message;
+import javax.mail.MessagingException;
+import javax.mail.Multipart;
+import javax.mail.Part;
+import javax.mail.Session;
+import javax.mail.internet.HeaderTokenizer.Token;
+
+import org.apache.geronimo.mail.util.ASCIIUtil;
+import org.apache.geronimo.mail.util.SessionUtil;
+
+/**
+ * @version $Rev$ $Date$
+ */
+public class MimeMessage extends Message implements MimePart {
+	private static final String MIME_ADDRESS_STRICT = "mail.mime.address.strict";
+	private static final String MIME_DECODEFILENAME = "mail.mime.decodefilename";
+	private static final String MIME_ENCODEFILENAME = "mail.mime.encodefilename";
+
+	private static final String MAIL_ALTERNATES = "mail.alternates";
+	private static final String MAIL_REPLYALLCC = "mail.replyallcc";
+
+    // static used to ensure message ID uniqueness
+    private static int messageID = 0;
+
+
+    /**
+     * Extends {@link javax.mail.Message.RecipientType} to support addition recipient types.
+     */
+    public static class RecipientType extends Message.RecipientType {
+        /**
+         * Recipient type for Usenet news.
+         */
+        public static final RecipientType NEWSGROUPS = new RecipientType("Newsgroups");
+
+        protected RecipientType(final String type) {
+            super(type);
+        }
+
+        /**
+         * Ensure the singleton is returned.
+         *
+         * @return resolved object
+         */
+        @Override
+        protected Object readResolve() throws ObjectStreamException {
+            if (this.type.equals("Newsgroups")) {
+                return NEWSGROUPS;
+            } else {
+                return super.readResolve();
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * The {@link DataHandler} for this Message's content.
+     */
+    protected DataHandler dh;
+    /**
+     * This message's content (unless sourced from a SharedInputStream).
+     */
+    
+    /**
+     * If our content is a Multipart or Message object, we save it
+     * the first time it's created by parsing a stream so that changes
+     * to the contained objects will not be lost. 
+     *
+     * If this field is not null, it's return by the {@link #getContent}
+     * method.  The {@link #getContent} method sets this field if it
+     * would return a Multipart or MimeMessage object.  This field is
+     * is cleared by the {@link #setDataHandler} method.
+     *
+     * @since   JavaMail 1.5
+     */
+    protected Object cachedContent;
+    
+    
+    
+    protected byte[] content;
+    /**
+     * If the data for this message was supplied by a {@link SharedInputStream}
+     * then this is another such stream representing the content of this message;
+     * if this field is non-null, then {@link #content} will be null.
+     */
+    protected InputStream contentStream;
+    /**
+     * This message's headers.
+     */
+    protected InternetHeaders headers;
+    /**
+     * This message's flags.
+     */
+    protected Flags flags;
+    /**
+     * Flag indicating that the message has been modified; set to true when
+     * an empty message is created or when {@link #saveChanges()} is called.
+     */
+    protected boolean modified;
+    /**
+     * Flag indicating that the message has been saved.
+     */
+    protected boolean saved;
+
+    private final MailDateFormat dateFormat = new MailDateFormat();
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new MimeMessage.
+     * An empty message is created, with empty {@link #headers} and empty {@link #flags}.
+     * The {@link #modified} flag is set.
+     *
+     * @param session the session for this message
+     */
+    public MimeMessage(final Session session) {
+        super(session);
+        headers = new InternetHeaders();
+        flags = new Flags();
+        // empty messages are modified, because the content is not there, and require saving before use.
+        modified = true;
+        saved = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a MimeMessage by reading an parsing the data from the supplied stream.
+     *
+     * @param session the session for this message
+     * @param in      the stream to load from
+     * @throws MessagingException if there is a problem reading or parsing the stream
+     */
+    public MimeMessage(final Session session, final InputStream in) throws MessagingException {
+        this(session);
+        parse(in);
+        // this message is complete, so marked as unmodified.
+        modified = false;
+        // and no saving required
+        saved = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Copy a MimeMessage.
+     *
+     * @param message the message to copy
+     * @throws MessagingException is there was a problem copying the message
+     */
+    public MimeMessage(final MimeMessage message) throws MessagingException {
+        super(message.session);
+        // get a copy of the source message flags 
+        flags = message.getFlags(); 
+        // this is somewhat difficult to do.  There's a lot of data in both the superclass and this
+        // class that needs to undergo a "deep cloning" operation.  These operations don't really exist
+        // on the objects in question, so the only solution I can come up with is to serialize the
+        // message data of the source object using the write() method, then reparse the data in this
+        // object.  I've not found a lot of uses for this particular constructor, so perhaps that's not
+        // really all that bad of a solution.
+        
+        // serialize this out to an in-memory stream.
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream copy = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+
+        try {
+            // write this out the stream.
+            message.writeTo(copy);
+            copy.close();
+            // I think this ends up creating a new array for the data, but I'm not aware of any more
+            // efficient options.
+            final ByteArrayInputStream inData = new ByteArrayInputStream(copy.toByteArray());
+            // now reparse this message into this object.
+            inData.close();
+            parse (inData);
+            // writing out the source data requires saving it, so we should consider this one saved also.
+            saved = true;
+            // this message is complete, so marked as unmodified.
+            modified = false;
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            // I'm not sure ByteArrayInput/OutputStream actually throws IOExceptions or not, but the method
+            // signatures declare it, so we need to deal with it.  Turning it into a messaging exception
+            // should fit the bill.
+            throw new MessagingException("Error copying MimeMessage data", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create an new MimeMessage in the supplied {@link Folder} and message number.
+     *
+     * @param folder the Folder that contains the new message
+     * @param number the message number of the new message
+     */
+    protected MimeMessage(final Folder folder, final int number) {
+        super(folder, number);
+        headers = new InternetHeaders();
+        flags = new Flags();
+        // saving primarly involves updates to the message header.  Since we're taking the header info
+        // from a message store in this context, we mark the message as saved.
+        saved = true;
+        // we've not filled in the content yet, so this needs to be marked as modified
+        modified = true;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Create a MimeMessage by reading an parsing the data from the supplied stream.
+     *
+     * @param folder the folder for this message
+     * @param in     the stream to load from
+     * @param number the message number of the new message
+     * @throws MessagingException if there is a problem reading or parsing the stream
+     */
+    protected MimeMessage(final Folder folder, final InputStream in, final int number) throws MessagingException {
+        this(folder, number);
+        parse(in);
+        // this message is complete, so marked as unmodified.
+        modified = false;
+        // and no saving required
+        saved = true;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a MimeMessage with the supplied headers and content.
+     *
+     * @param folder  the folder for this message
+     * @param headers the headers for the new message
+     * @param content the content of the new message
+     * @param number  the message number of the new message
+     * @throws MessagingException if there is a problem reading or parsing the stream
+     */
+    protected MimeMessage(final Folder folder, final InternetHeaders headers, final byte[] content, final int number) throws MessagingException {
+        this(folder, number);
+        this.headers = headers;
+        this.content = content;
+        // this message is complete, so marked as unmodified.
+        modified = false;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Parse the supplied stream and initialize {@link #headers} and {@link #content} appropriately.
+     *
+     * @param in the stream to read
+     * @throws MessagingException if there was a problem parsing the stream
+     */
+    protected void parse(InputStream in) throws MessagingException {
+        in = new BufferedInputStream(in);
+        // create the headers first from the stream.  Note:  We need to do this 
+        // by calling createInternetHeaders because subclasses might wish to add 
+        // additional headers to the set initialized from the stream. 
+        headers = createInternetHeaders(in);
+
+        // now we need to get the rest of the content as a byte array...this means reading from the current
+        // position in the stream until the end and writing it to an accumulator ByteArrayOutputStream.
+        final ByteArrayOutputStream baos = new ByteArrayOutputStream();
+        try {
+            final byte buffer[] = new byte[1024];
+            int count;
+            while ((count = in.read(buffer, 0, 1024)) != -1) {
+                baos.write(buffer, 0, count);
+            }
+        } catch (final Exception e) {
+            throw new MessagingException(e.toString(), e);
+        }
+        // and finally extract the content as a byte array.
+        content = baos.toByteArray();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the message "From" addresses.  This looks first at the
+     * "From" headers, and no "From" header is found, the "Sender"
+     * header is checked.  Returns null if not found.
+     *
+     * @return An array of addresses identifying the message from target.  Returns
+     *         null if this is not resolveable from the headers.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Address[] getFrom() throws MessagingException {
+        // strict addressing controls this.
+        final boolean strict = isStrictAddressing();
+        Address[] result = getHeaderAsInternetAddresses("From", strict);
+        if (result == null) {
+            result = getHeaderAsInternetAddresses("Sender", strict);
+        }
+        return result;
+    }
+
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the RFC 822 "From" header field. Any existing values are 
+     * replaced with the given addresses. If address is null,
+     * this header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param address   the sender(s) of this message
+     * @exception   IllegalWriteException if the underlying
+     *          implementation does not support modification
+     *          of existing values
+     * @exception   IllegalStateException if this message is
+     *          obtained from a READ_ONLY folder.
+     * @exception   MessagingException
+     * @since       JvaMail 1.5
+     */
+    public void setFrom(final String address) throws MessagingException {
+        setHeader("From", InternetAddress.parse(address));       
+    }
+    
+    
+    
+    
+    /**
+     * Set the current message "From" recipient.  This replaces any
+     * existing "From" header.  If the address is null, the header is
+     * removed.
+     *
+     * @param address The new "From" target.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setFrom(final Address address) throws MessagingException {
+        setHeader("From", address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the "From" header using the value returned by {@link InternetAddress#getLocalAddress(javax.mail.Session)}.
+     *
+     * @throws MessagingException if there was a problem setting the header
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setFrom() throws MessagingException {
+        final InternetAddress address = InternetAddress.getLocalAddress(session);
+        // no local address resolvable?  This is an error.
+        if (address == null) {
+            throw new MessagingException("No local address defined");
+        }
+        setFrom(address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a set of addresses to the existing From header.
+     *
+     * @param addresses The list to add.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void addFrom(final Address[] addresses) throws MessagingException {
+        addHeader("From", addresses);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the "Sender" header as an address.
+     *
+     * @return the "Sender" header as an address, or null if not present
+     * @throws MessagingException if there was a problem parsing the header
+     */
+    public Address getSender() throws MessagingException {
+        final Address[] addrs = getHeaderAsInternetAddresses("Sender", isStrictAddressing());
+        return addrs != null && addrs.length > 0 ? addrs[0] : null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the "Sender" header.  If the address is null, this
+     * will remove the current sender header.
+     *
+     * @param address the new Sender address
+     *
+     * @throws MessagingException
+     *                if there was a problem setting the header
+     */
+    public void setSender(final Address address) throws MessagingException {
+        setHeader("Sender", address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Gets the recipients by type.  Returns null if there are no
+     * headers of the specified type.  Acceptable RecipientTypes are:
+     *
+     *   javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO
+     *   javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.CC
+     *   javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.BCC
+     *   javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS
+     *
+     * @param type   The message RecipientType identifier.
+     *
+     * @return The array of addresses for the specified recipient types.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Address[] getRecipients(final Message.RecipientType type) throws MessagingException {
+        // is this a NEWSGROUP request?  We need to handle this as a special case here, because
+        // this needs to return NewsAddress instances instead of InternetAddress items.
+        if (type == RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS) {
+            return getHeaderAsNewsAddresses(getHeaderForRecipientType(type));
+        }
+        // the other types are all internet addresses.
+        return getHeaderAsInternetAddresses(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), isStrictAddressing());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve all of the recipients defined for this message.  This
+     * returns a merged array of all possible message recipients
+     * extracted from the headers.  The relevant header types are:
+     *
+     *
+     *    javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO
+     *    javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.CC
+     *    javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.BCC
+     *    javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS
+     *
+     * @return An array of all target message recipients.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Address[] getAllRecipients() throws MessagingException {
+        final List recipients = new ArrayList();
+        addRecipientsToList(recipients, javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO);
+        addRecipientsToList(recipients, javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.CC);
+        addRecipientsToList(recipients, javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.BCC);
+        addRecipientsToList(recipients, RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS);
+
+        // this is supposed to return null if nothing is there.
+        if (recipients.isEmpty()) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        return (Address[]) recipients.toArray(new Address[recipients.size()]);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility routine to merge different recipient types into a
+     * single list.
+     *
+     * @param list   The accumulator list.
+     * @param type   The recipient type to extract.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    private void addRecipientsToList(final List list, final Message.RecipientType type) throws MessagingException {
+
+        Address[] recipients;
+        if (type == RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS) {
+            recipients = getHeaderAsNewsAddresses(getHeaderForRecipientType(type));
+        }
+        else {
+            recipients = getHeaderAsInternetAddresses(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), isStrictAddressing());
+        }
+        if (recipients != null) {
+            list.addAll(Arrays.asList(recipients));
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a recipients list for a particular recipient type.  If the
+     * list is null, the corresponding header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param type      The type of recipient to set.
+     * @param addresses The list of addresses.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setRecipients(final Message.RecipientType type, final Address[] addresses) throws MessagingException {
+        setHeader(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), addresses);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a recipient field to a string address (which may be a
+     * list or group type).
+     *
+     * If the address is null, the field is removed.
+     *
+     * @param type    The type of recipient to set.
+     * @param address The address string.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void setRecipients(final Message.RecipientType type, final String address) throws MessagingException {
+        setOrRemoveHeader(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), address);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Add a list of addresses to a target recipient list.
+     *
+     * @param type    The target recipient type.
+     * @param address An array of addresses to add.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void addRecipients(final Message.RecipientType type, final Address[] address) throws MessagingException {
+        addHeader(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add an address to a target recipient list by string name.
+     *
+     * @param type    The target header type.
+     * @param address The address to add.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void addRecipients(final Message.RecipientType type, final String address) throws MessagingException {
+        addHeader(getHeaderForRecipientType(type), address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the ReplyTo address information.  The headers are parsed
+     * using the "mail.mime.address.strict" setting.  If the "Reply-To" header does
+     * not have any addresses, then the value of the "From" field is used.
+     *
+     * @return An array of addresses obtained from parsing the header.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Address[] getReplyTo() throws MessagingException {
+         Address[] addresses = getHeaderAsInternetAddresses("Reply-To", isStrictAddressing());
+         if (addresses == null) {
+             addresses = getFrom();
+         }
+         return addresses;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the Reply-To field to the provided list of addresses.  If
+     * the address list is null, the header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param address The new field value.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setReplyTo(final Address[] address) throws MessagingException {
+        setHeader("Reply-To", address);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the value of the "Subject" header.  If the subject
+     * is encoded as an RFC 2047 value, the value is decoded before
+     * return.  If decoding fails, the raw string value is
+     * returned.
+     *
+     * @return The String value of the subject field.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public String getSubject() throws MessagingException {
+        final String subject = getSingleHeader("Subject");
+        if (subject == null) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            try {
+                // this needs to be unfolded before decodeing.
+                return MimeUtility.decodeText(MimeUtility.unfold(subject));
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                // ignored.
+            }
+        }
+
+        return subject;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the value for the "Subject" header.  If the subject
+     * contains non US-ASCII characters, it is encoded in RFC 2047
+     * fashion.
+     *
+     * If the subject value is null, the Subject field is removed.
+     *
+     * @param subject The new subject value.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setSubject(final String subject) throws MessagingException {
+        // just set this using the default character set.
+        setSubject(subject, null);
+    }
+
+    public void setSubject(final String subject, final String charset) throws MessagingException {
+        // standard null removal (yada, yada, yada....)
+        if (subject == null) {
+            removeHeader("Subject");
+        }
+        else {
+            try {
+                // encode this, and then fold to fit the line lengths.
+                setHeader("Subject", MimeUtility.fold(9, MimeUtility.encodeText(subject, charset, null)));
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new MessagingException("Encoding error", e);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the value of the "Date" header field.  Returns null if
+     * if the field is absent or the date is not in a parseable format.
+     *
+     * @return A Date object parsed according to RFC 822.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Date getSentDate() throws MessagingException {
+        final String value = getSingleHeader("Date");
+        if (value == null) {
+            return null;
+        }
+        try {
+            return dateFormat.parse(value);
+        } catch (final java.text.ParseException e) {
+            return null;
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set the message sent date.  This updates the "Date" header.
+     * If the provided date is null, the header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param sent   The new sent date value.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void setSentDate(final Date sent) throws MessagingException {
+        setOrRemoveHeader("Date", dateFormat.format(sent));
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get the message received date.  The Sun implementation is
+     * documented as always returning null, so this one does too.
+     *
+     * @return Always returns null.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public Date getReceivedDate() throws MessagingException {
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Return the content size of this message.  This is obtained
+     * either from the size of the content field (if available) or
+     * from the contentStream, IFF the contentStream returns a positive
+     * size.  Returns -1 if the size is not available.
+     *
+     * @return Size of the content in bytes.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public int getSize() throws MessagingException {
+        if (content != null) {
+            return content.length;
+        }
+        if (contentStream != null) {
+            try {
+                final int size = contentStream.available();
+                if (size > 0) {
+                    return size;
+                }
+            } catch (final IOException e) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the line count for the current message.  Returns
+     * -1 if the count cannot be determined.
+     *
+     * The Sun implementation always returns -1, so this version
+     * does too.
+     *
+     * @return The content line count (always -1 in this implementation).
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public int getLineCount() throws MessagingException {
+        return -1;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Returns the current content type (defined in the "Content-Type"
+     * header.  If not available, "text/plain" is the default.
+     *
+     * @return The String name of the message content type.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String getContentType() throws MessagingException {
+        String value = getSingleHeader("Content-Type");
+        if (value == null) {
+            value = "text/plain";
+        }
+        return value;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Tests to see if this message has a mime-type match with the
+     * given type name.
+     *
+     * @param type   The tested type name.
+     *
+     * @return If this is a type match on the primary and secondare portion of the types.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public boolean isMimeType(final String type) throws MessagingException {
+        return new ContentType(getContentType()).match(type);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the message "Content-Disposition" header field.
+     * This value represents how the part should be represented to
+     * the user.
+     *
+     * @return The string value of the Content-Disposition field.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String getDisposition() throws MessagingException {
+        final String disp = getSingleHeader("Content-Disposition");
+        if (disp != null) {
+            return new ContentDisposition(disp).getDisposition();
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Set a new dispostion value for the "Content-Disposition" field.
+     * If the new value is null, the header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param disposition
+     *               The new disposition value.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void setDisposition(final String disposition) throws MessagingException {
+        if (disposition == null) {
+            removeHeader("Content-Disposition");
+        }
+        else {
+            // the disposition has parameters, which we'll attempt to preserve in any existing header.
+            final String currentHeader = getSingleHeader("Content-Disposition");
+            if (currentHeader != null) {
+                final ContentDisposition content = new ContentDisposition(currentHeader);
+                content.setDisposition(disposition);
+                setHeader("Content-Disposition", content.toString());
+            }
+            else {
+                // set using the raw string.
+                setHeader("Content-Disposition", disposition);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Decode the Content-Transfer-Encoding header to determine
+     * the transfer encoding type.
+     *
+     * @return The string name of the required encoding.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String getEncoding() throws MessagingException {
+        // this might require some parsing to sort out.
+        final String encoding = getSingleHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding");
+        if (encoding != null) {
+            // we need to parse this into ATOMs and other constituent parts.  We want the first
+            // ATOM token on the string.
+            final HeaderTokenizer tokenizer = new HeaderTokenizer(encoding, HeaderTokenizer.MIME);
+
+            final Token token = tokenizer.next();
+            while (token.getType() != Token.EOF) {
+                // if this is an ATOM type, return it.
+                if (token.getType() == Token.ATOM) {
+                    return token.getValue();
+                }
+            }
+            // not ATOMs found, just return the entire header value....somebody might be able to make sense of
+            // this.
+            return encoding;
+        }
+        // no header, nothing to return.
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the value of the "Content-ID" header.  Returns null
+     * if the header does not exist.
+     *
+     * @return The current header value or null.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String getContentID() throws MessagingException {
+        return getSingleHeader("Content-ID");
+    }
+
+    public void setContentID(final String cid) throws MessagingException {
+        setOrRemoveHeader("Content-ID", cid);
+    }
+
+    public String getContentMD5() throws MessagingException {
+        return getSingleHeader("Content-MD5");
+    }
+
+    public void setContentMD5(final String md5) throws MessagingException {
+        setOrRemoveHeader("Content-MD5", md5);
+    }
+
+    public String getDescription() throws MessagingException {
+        final String description = getSingleHeader("Content-Description");
+        if (description != null) {
+            try {
+                // this could be both folded and encoded.  Return this to usable form.
+                return MimeUtility.decodeText(MimeUtility.unfold(description));
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                // ignore
+            }
+        }
+        // return the raw version for any errors.
+        return description;
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(final String description) throws MessagingException {
+        setDescription(description, null);
+    }
+
+    public void setDescription(final String description, final String charset) throws MessagingException {
+        if (description == null) {
+            removeHeader("Content-Description");
+        }
+        else {
+            try {
+                setHeader("Content-Description", MimeUtility.fold(21, MimeUtility.encodeText(description, charset, null)));
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new MessagingException(e.getMessage(), e);
+            }
+        }
+
+    }
+
+    public String[] getContentLanguage() throws MessagingException {
+        return getHeader("Content-Language");
+    }
+
+    public void setContentLanguage(final String[] languages) throws MessagingException {
+        if (languages == null) {
+            removeHeader("Content-Language");
+        } else if (languages.length == 1) {
+            setHeader("Content-Language", languages[0]);
+        } else {
+            final StringBuffer buf = new StringBuffer(languages.length * 20);
+            buf.append(languages[0]);
+            for (int i = 1; i < languages.length; i++) {
+                buf.append(',').append(languages[i]);
+            }
+            setHeader("Content-Language", buf.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    public String getMessageID() throws MessagingException {
+        return getSingleHeader("Message-ID");
+    }
+
+    public String getFileName() throws MessagingException {
+        // see if there is a disposition.  If there is, parse off the filename parameter.
+        final String disposition = getDisposition();
+        String filename = null;
+
+        if (disposition != null) {
+            filename = new ContentDisposition(disposition).getParameter("filename");
+        }
+
+        // if there's no filename on the disposition, there might be a name parameter on a
+        // Content-Type header.
+        if (filename == null) {
+            final String type = getContentType();
+            if (type != null) {
+                try {
+                    filename = new ContentType(type).getParameter("name");
+                } catch (final ParseException e) {
+                }
+            }
+        }
+        // if we have a name, we might need to decode this if an additional property is set.
+        if (filename != null && SessionUtil.getBooleanProperty(session, MIME_DECODEFILENAME, false)) {
+            try {
+                filename = MimeUtility.decodeText(filename);
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new MessagingException("Unable to decode filename", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        return filename;
+    }
+
+
+    public void setFileName(String name) throws MessagingException {
+        // there's an optional session property that requests file name encoding...we need to process this before
+        // setting the value.
+        if (name != null && SessionUtil.getBooleanProperty(session, MIME_ENCODEFILENAME, false)) {
+            try {
+                name = MimeUtility.encodeText(name);
+            } catch (final UnsupportedEncodingException e) {
+                throw new MessagingException("Unable to encode filename", e);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // get the disposition string.
+        String disposition = getDisposition();
+        // if not there, then this is an attachment.
+        if (disposition == null) {
+            disposition = Part.ATTACHMENT;
+        }
+        // now create a disposition object and set the parameter.
+        final ContentDisposition contentDisposition = new ContentDisposition(disposition);
+        contentDisposition.setParameter("filename", name);
+
+        // serialize this back out and reset.
+        setDisposition(contentDisposition.toString());
+    }
+
+    public InputStream getInputStream() throws MessagingException, IOException {
+        return getDataHandler().getInputStream();
+    }
+
+    protected InputStream getContentStream() throws MessagingException {
+        if (contentStream != null) {
+            return contentStream;
+        }
+
+        if (content != null) {
+            return new ByteArrayInputStream(content);
+        } else {
+            throw new MessagingException("No content");
+        }
+    }
+
+    public InputStream getRawInputStream() throws MessagingException {
+        return getContentStream();
+    }
+
+    public synchronized DataHandler getDataHandler() throws MessagingException {
+        if (dh == null) {
+            dh = new DataHandler(new MimePartDataSource(this));
+        }
+        return dh;
+    }
+
+    public Object getContent() throws MessagingException, IOException {
+        
+        if (cachedContent != null) {
+            return cachedContent;
+        }
+        
+        final Object c = getDataHandler().getContent();
+        
+        if (MimeBodyPart.cacheMultipart && (c instanceof Multipart || c instanceof Message) && (content != null || contentStream != null)) {
+            cachedContent = c;
+ 
+            if (c instanceof MimeMultipart) {
+                ((MimeMultipart) c).parse();
+            }
+        }
+        
+        return c;
+    }
+
+    //TODO make synchronized?
+    public void setDataHandler(final DataHandler handler) throws MessagingException {
+        dh = handler;
+        // if we have a handler override, then we need to invalidate any content
+        // headers that define the types.  This information will be derived from the
+        // data heander unless subsequently overridden.
+        removeHeader("Content-Type");
+        removeHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding");
+        cachedContent = null;
+    }
+
+    public void setContent(final Object content, final String type) throws MessagingException {
+        setDataHandler(new DataHandler(content, type));
+    }
+
+    public void setText(final String text) throws MessagingException {
+        setText(text, null, "plain");
+    }
+
+    public void setText(final String text, final String charset) throws MessagingException {
+        setText(text, charset, "plain");
+    }
+
+
+    public void setText(final String text, String charset, final String subtype) throws MessagingException {
+        // we need to sort out the character set if one is not provided.
+        if (charset == null) {
+            // if we have non us-ascii characters here, we need to adjust this.
+            if (!ASCIIUtil.isAscii(text)) {
+                charset = MimeUtility.getDefaultMIMECharset();
+            }
+            else {
+                charset = "us-ascii";
+            }
+        }
+        setContent(text, "text/" + subtype + "; charset=" + MimeUtility.quote(charset, HeaderTokenizer.MIME));
+    }
+
+    public void setContent(final Multipart part) throws MessagingException {
+        setDataHandler(new DataHandler(part, part.getContentType()));
+        part.setParent(this);
+    }
+
+    @Override
+    public Message reply(final boolean replyToAll) throws MessagingException {
+        return reply(replyToAll, true);
+    }
+
+    private Message replyInternal(final boolean replyToAll, final boolean setOriginalAnswered) throws MessagingException {
+        // create a new message in this session.
+        final MimeMessage reply = createMimeMessage(session);
+
+        // get the header and add the "Re:" bit, if necessary.
+        String newSubject = getSubject();
+        if (newSubject != null) {
+            // check to see if it already begins with "Re: " (in any case).
+            // Add one on if we don't have it yet.
+            if (!newSubject.regionMatches(true, 0, "Re: ", 0, 4)) {
+                newSubject = "Re: " + newSubject;
+            }
+            reply.setSubject(newSubject);
+        }
+        
+        // if this message has a message ID, then add a In-Reply-To and References
+        // header to the reply message 
+        final String messageID = getSingleHeader("Message-ID"); 
+        if (messageID != null) {
+            // this one is just set unconditionally 
+            reply.setHeader("In-Reply-To", messageID); 
+            // we might already have a references header.  If so, then add our message id 
+            // on the the end
+            String references = getSingleHeader("References"); 
+            if (references == null) {
+                references = messageID; 
+            }
+            else {
+                references = references + " " + messageID; 
+            }
+            // and this is a replacement for whatever might be there.              
+            reply.setHeader("References", MimeUtility.fold("References: ".length(), references)); 
+        }
+
+        // set the target recipients the replyTo value
+        reply.setRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, getReplyTo());
+
+        // need to reply to everybody?  More things to add.
+        if (replyToAll) {
+            // when replying, we want to remove "duplicates" in the final list.
+
+            final HashMap masterList = new HashMap();
+
+            // reply to all implies add the local sender.  Add this to the list if resolveable.
+            final InternetAddress localMail = InternetAddress.getLocalAddress(session);
+            if (localMail != null) {
+                masterList.put(localMail.getAddress(), localMail);
+            }
+            // see if we have some local aliases to deal with.
+            final String alternates = session.getProperty(MAIL_ALTERNATES);
+            if (alternates != null) {
+                // parse this string list and merge with our set.
+                final Address[] alternateList = InternetAddress.parse(alternates, false);
+                mergeAddressList(masterList, alternateList);
+            }
+
+            // the master list now contains an a list of addresses we will exclude from
+            // the addresses.  From this point on, we're going to prune any additional addresses
+            // against this list, AND add any new addresses to the list
+
+            // now merge in the main recipients, and merge in the other recipents as well
+            Address[] toList = pruneAddresses(masterList, getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO));
+            if (toList.length != 0) {
+                // now check to see what sort of reply we've been asked to send.
+                // if replying to all as a CC, then we need to add to the CC list, otherwise they are
+                // TO recipients.
+                if (SessionUtil.getBooleanProperty(session, MAIL_REPLYALLCC, false)) {
+                    reply.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC, toList);
+                }
+                else {
+                    reply.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.TO, toList);
+                }
+            }
+            // and repeat for the CC list.
+            toList = pruneAddresses(masterList, getRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC));
+            if (toList.length != 0) {
+                reply.addRecipients(Message.RecipientType.CC, toList);
+            }
+
+            // a news group list is separate from the normal addresses.  We just take these recepients
+            // asis without trying to prune duplicates.
+            toList = getRecipients(RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS);
+            if (toList != null && toList.length != 0) {
+                reply.addRecipients(RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS, toList);
+            }
+        }
+
+        // this is a bit of a pain.  We can't set the flags here by specifying the system flag, we need to
+        // construct a flag item instance inorder to set it.
+
+        // this is an answered email.
+        if(setOriginalAnswered) {
+            setFlags(new Flags(Flags.Flag.ANSWERED), true);
+        }
+        
+        // all done, return the constructed Message object.
+        return reply;
+    }
+
+    
+    /**
+     * Get a new Message suitable for a reply to this message.
+     * The new Message will have its attributes and headers 
+     * set up appropriately.  Note that this new message object
+     * will be empty, i.e., it will not have a "content".
+     * These will have to be suitably filled in by the client. 
+     *
+     * If replyToAll is set, the new Message will be addressed
+     * to all recipients of this message.  Otherwise, the reply will be
+     * addressed to only the sender of this message (using the value
+     * of the getReplyTo method).  
+     *
+     * If setAnswered is set, the
+     * {@link javax.mail.Flags.Flag#ANSWERED ANSWERED} flag is set
+     * in this message. 
+     *
+     * The "Subject" field is filled in with the original subject
+     * prefixed with "Re:" (unless it already starts with "Re:").
+     * The "In-Reply-To" header is set in the new message if this
+     * message has a "Message-Id" header.
+     *
+     * The current implementation also sets the "References" header
+     * in the new message to include the contents of the "References"
+     * header (or, if missing, the "In-Reply-To" header) in this message,
+     * plus the contents of the "Message-Id" header of this message,
+     * as described in RFC 2822.
+     *
+     * @param   replyToAll  reply should be sent to all recipients
+     *              of this message
+     * @param   setAnswered set the ANSWERED flag in this message?
+     * @return      the reply Message
+     * @exception   MessagingException
+     * @since       JavaMail 1.5
+     */
+    public Message reply(final boolean replyToAll, final boolean setAnswered)
+                throws MessagingException {
+        
+        /* Since JavaMail 1.5:
+         * Add a method to control whether the ANSWERED flag is set in the original
+           message when creating a reply message.
+         */
+        
+       return replyInternal(replyToAll, setAnswered);
+       
+    }
+    
+
+    /**
+     * Merge a set of addresses into a master accumulator list, eliminating
+     * duplicates.
+     *
+     * @param master The set of addresses we've accumulated so far.
+     * @param list   The list of addresses to merge in.
+     */
+    private void mergeAddressList(final Map master, final Address[] list) {
+        // make sure we have a list.
+        if (list == null) {
+            return;
+        }
+        for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            final InternetAddress address = (InternetAddress)list[i];
+
+            // if not in the master list already, add it now.
+            if (!master.containsKey(address.getAddress())) {
+                master.put(address.getAddress(), address);
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Prune a list of addresses against our master address list,
+     * returning the "new" addresses.  The master list will be
+     * updated with this new set of addresses.
+     *
+     * @param master The master address list of addresses we've seen before.
+     * @param list   The new list of addresses to prune.
+     *
+     * @return An array of addresses pruned of any duplicate addresses.
+     */
+    private Address[] pruneAddresses(final Map master, final Address[] list) {
+        // return an empy array if we don't get an input list.
+        if (list == null) {
+            return new Address[0];
+        }
+
+        // optimistically assume there are no addresses to eliminate (common).
+        final ArrayList prunedList = new ArrayList(list.length);
+        for (int i = 0; i < list.length; i++) {
+            final InternetAddress address = (InternetAddress)list[i];
+
+            // if not in the master list, this is a new one.  Add to both the master list and
+            // the pruned list.
+            if (!master.containsKey(address.getAddress())) {
+                master.put(address.getAddress(), address);
+                prunedList.add(address);
+            }
+        }
+        // convert back to list form.
+        return (Address[])prunedList.toArray(new Address[0]);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Write the message out to a stream in RFC 822 format.
+     *
+     * @param out    The target output stream.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     * @exception IOException
+     */
+    public void writeTo(final OutputStream out) throws MessagingException, IOException {
+        writeTo(out, null);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Write the message out to a target output stream, excluding the
+     * specified message headers.
+     *
+     * @param out    The target output stream.
+     * @param ignoreHeaders
+     *               An array of header types to ignore.  This can be null, which means
+     *               write out all headers.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     * @exception IOException
+     */
+    public void writeTo(final OutputStream out, final String[] ignoreHeaders) throws MessagingException, IOException {
+        // make sure everything is saved before we write
+        if (!saved) {
+            saveChanges();
+        }
+
+        // write out the headers first
+        headers.writeTo(out, ignoreHeaders);
+        // add the separater between the headers and the data portion.
+        out.write('\r');
+        out.write('\n');
+
+        // if the modfied flag, we don't have current content, so the data handler needs to
+        // take care of writing this data out.
+        if (modified) {
+            final OutputStream encoderStream = MimeUtility.encode(out, getEncoding());
+            dh.writeTo(encoderStream);
+            encoderStream.flush();
+        } else {
+            // if we have content directly, we can write this out now.
+            if (content != null) {
+                out.write(content);
+            }
+            else {
+                // see if we can get a content stream for this message.  We might have had one
+                // explicitly set, or a subclass might override the get method to provide one.
+                final InputStream in = getContentStream();
+
+                final byte[] buffer = new byte[8192];
+                int length = in.read(buffer);
+                // copy the data stream-to-stream.
+                while (length > 0) {
+                    out.write(buffer, 0, length);
+                    length = in.read(buffer);
+                }
+                in.close();
+            }
+        }
+
+        // flush any data we wrote out, but do not close the stream.  That's the caller's duty.
+        out.flush();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve all headers that match a given name.
+     *
+     * @param name   The target name.
+     *
+     * @return The set of headers that match the given name.  These headers
+     *         will be the decoded() header values if these are RFC 2047
+     *         encoded.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String[] getHeader(final String name) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getHeader(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Get all headers that match a particular name, as a single string.
+     * Individual headers are separated by the provided delimiter.   If
+     * the delimiter is null, only the first header is returned.
+     *
+     * @param name      The source header name.
+     * @param delimiter The delimiter string to be used between headers.  If null, only
+     *                  the first is returned.
+     *
+     * @return The headers concatenated as a single string.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public String getHeader(final String name, final String delimiter) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getHeader(name, delimiter);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a new value for a named header.
+     *
+     * @param name   The name of the target header.
+     * @param value  The new value for the header.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void setHeader(final String name, final String value) throws MessagingException {
+        headers.setHeader(name, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Conditionally set or remove a named header.  If the new value
+     * is null, the header is removed.
+     *
+     * @param name   The header name.
+     * @param value  The new header value.  A null value causes the header to be
+     *               removed.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    private void setOrRemoveHeader(final String name, final String value) throws MessagingException {
+        if (value == null) {
+            headers.removeHeader(name);
+        }
+        else {
+            headers.setHeader(name, value);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Add a new value to an existing header.  The added value is
+     * created as an additional header of the same type and value.
+     *
+     * @param name   The name of the target header.
+     * @param value  The removed header.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void addHeader(final String name, final String value) throws MessagingException {
+        headers.addHeader(name, value);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Remove a header with the given name.
+     *
+     * @param name   The name of the removed header.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public void removeHeader(final String name) throws MessagingException {
+        headers.removeHeader(name);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Retrieve the complete list of message headers, as an enumeration.
+     *
+     * @return An Enumeration of the message headers.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    public Enumeration getAllHeaders() throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getAllHeaders();
+    }
+
+    public Enumeration getMatchingHeaders(final String[] names) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getMatchingHeaders(names);
+    }
+
+    public Enumeration getNonMatchingHeaders(final String[] names) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getNonMatchingHeaders(names);
+    }
+
+    public void addHeaderLine(final String line) throws MessagingException {
+        headers.addHeaderLine(line);
+    }
+
+    public Enumeration getAllHeaderLines() throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getAllHeaderLines();
+    }
+
+    public Enumeration getMatchingHeaderLines(final String[] names) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getMatchingHeaderLines(names);
+    }
+
+    public Enumeration getNonMatchingHeaderLines(final String[] names) throws MessagingException {
+        return headers.getNonMatchingHeaderLines(names);
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Return a copy the flags associated with this message.
+     *
+     * @return a copy of the flags for this message
+     * @throws MessagingException if there was a problem accessing the Store
+     */
+    @Override
+    public synchronized Flags getFlags() throws MessagingException {
+        return (Flags) flags.clone();
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Check whether the supplied flag is set.
+     * The default implementation checks the flags returned by {@link #getFlags()}.
+     *
+     * @param flag the flags to check for
+     * @return true if the flags is set
+     * @throws MessagingException if there was a problem accessing the Store
+     */
+    @Override
+    public synchronized boolean isSet(final Flags.Flag flag) throws MessagingException {
+        return flags.contains(flag);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set or clear a flag value.
+     *
+     * @param flag   The set of flags to effect.
+     * @param set    The value to set the flag to (true or false).
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public synchronized void setFlags(final Flags flag, final boolean set) throws MessagingException {
+        if (set) {
+            flags.add(flag);
+        }
+        else {
+            flags.remove(flag);
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Saves any changes on this message.  When called, the modified
+     * and saved flags are set to true and updateHeaders() is called
+     * to force updates.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    @Override
+    public void saveChanges() throws MessagingException {
+        // setting modified invalidates the current content.
+        modified = true;
+        saved = true;
+        // update message headers from the content.
+        updateHeaders();
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the internet headers so that they make sense.  This
+     * will attempt to make sense of the message content type
+     * given the state of the content.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    protected void updateHeaders() throws MessagingException {
+
+        final DataHandler handler = getDataHandler();
+
+        try {
+            // figure out the content type.  If not set, we'll need to figure this out.
+            String type = dh.getContentType();
+            // we might need to reconcile the content type and our explicitly set type
+            final String explicitType = getSingleHeader("Content-Type"); 
+            // parse this content type out so we can do matches/compares.
+            final ContentType contentType = new ContentType(type);
+
+            // is this a multipart content?
+            if (contentType.match("multipart/*")) {
+                // the content is suppose to be a MimeMultipart.  Ping it to update it's headers as well.
+                try {
+                    final MimeMultipart part = (MimeMultipart)handler.getContent();
+                    part.updateHeaders();
+                } catch (final ClassCastException e) {
+                    throw new MessagingException("Message content is not MimeMultipart", e);
+                }
+            }
+            else if (!contentType.match("message/rfc822")) {
+                // simple part, we need to update the header type information
+                // if no encoding is set yet, figure this out from the data handler content.
+                if (getSingleHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding") == null) {
+                    setHeader("Content-Transfer-Encoding", MimeUtility.getEncoding(handler));
+                }
+
+                // is a content type header set?  Check the property to see if we need to set this.
+                if (explicitType == null) {
+                    if (SessionUtil.getBooleanProperty(session, "MIME_MAIL_SETDEFAULTTEXTCHARSET", true)) {
+                        // is this a text type?  Figure out the encoding and make sure it is set.
+                        if (contentType.match("text/*")) {
+                            // the charset should be specified as a parameter on the MIME type.  If not there,
+                            // try to figure one out.
+                            if (contentType.getParameter("charset") == null) {
+
+                                final String encoding = getEncoding();
+                                // if we're sending this as 7-bit ASCII, our character set need to be
+                                // compatible.
+                                if (encoding != null && encoding.equalsIgnoreCase("7bit")) {
+                                    contentType.setParameter("charset", "us-ascii");
+                                }
+                                else {
+                                    // get the global default.
+                                    contentType.setParameter("charset", MimeUtility.getDefaultMIMECharset());
+                                }
+                                // replace the original type string 
+                                type = contentType.toString(); 
+                            }
+                        }
+                    }
+                }
+            }
+
+            // if we don't have a content type header, then create one.
+            if (explicitType == null) {
+                // get the disposition header, and if it is there, copy the filename parameter into the
+                // name parameter of the type.
+                final String disp = getSingleHeader("Content-Disposition");
+                if (disp != null) {
+                    // parse up the string value of the disposition
+                    final ContentDisposition disposition = new ContentDisposition(disp);
+                    // now check for a filename value
+                    final String filename = disposition.getParameter("filename");
+                    // copy and rename the parameter, if it exists.
+                    if (filename != null) {
+                        contentType.setParameter("name", filename);
+                        // set the header with the updated content type information.
+                        type = contentType.toString();
+                    }
+                }
+                // if no header has been set, then copy our current type string (which may 
+                // have been modified above) 
+                setHeader("Content-Type", type); 
+            }
+
+            // make sure we set the MIME version
+            setHeader("MIME-Version", "1.0");
+            // new javamail 1.4 requirement.
+            updateMessageID();
+            
+            
+            if (cachedContent != null) {
+                dh = new DataHandler(cachedContent, getContentType());
+                cachedContent = null;
+                content = null;
+                if (contentStream != null) {
+                    try {
+                        contentStream.close();
+                    } catch (final IOException ioex) {
+                        //np-op
+                    }
+                }
+                contentStream = null;
+            }
+
+        } catch (final IOException e) {
+            throw new MessagingException("Error updating message headers", e);
+        }
+    }
+
+
+    /**
+     * Create a new set of internet headers from the 
+     * InputStream
+     * 
+     * @param in     The header source.
+     * 
+     * @return A new InternetHeaders object containing the 
+     *         appropriate headers.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    protected InternetHeaders createInternetHeaders(final InputStream in) throws MessagingException {
+        // internet headers has a constructor for just this purpose
+        return new InternetHeaders(in);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Convert a header into an array of NewsAddress items.
+     *
+     * @param header The name of the source header.
+     *
+     * @return The parsed array of addresses.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    private Address[] getHeaderAsNewsAddresses(final String header) throws MessagingException {
+        // NB:  We're using getHeader() here to allow subclasses an opportunity to perform lazy loading
+        // of the headers.
+        final String mergedHeader = getHeader(header, ",");
+        if (mergedHeader != null) {
+            return NewsAddress.parse(mergedHeader);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    private Address[] getHeaderAsInternetAddresses(final String header, final boolean strict) throws MessagingException {
+        // NB:  We're using getHeader() here to allow subclasses an opportunity to perform lazy loading
+        // of the headers.
+        final String mergedHeader = getHeader(header, ",");
+
+        if (mergedHeader != null) {
+            return InternetAddress.parseHeader(mergedHeader, strict);
+        }
+        return null;
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Check to see if we require strict addressing on parsing
+     * internet headers.
+     *
+     * @return The current value of the "mail.mime.address.strict" session
+     *         property, or true, if the property is not set.
+     */
+    private boolean isStrictAddressing() {
+        return SessionUtil.getBooleanProperty(session, MIME_ADDRESS_STRICT, true);
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a named header to the value of an address field.
+     *
+     * @param header  The header name.
+     * @param address The address value.  If the address is null, the header is removed.
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    private void setHeader(final String header, final Address address) throws MessagingException {
+        if (address == null) {
+            removeHeader(header);
+        }
+        else {
+            setHeader(header, address.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Set a header to a list of addresses.
+     *
+     * @param header    The header name.
+     * @param addresses An array of addresses to set the header to.  If null, the
+     *                  header is removed.
+     */
+    private void setHeader(final String header, final Address[] addresses) {
+        if (addresses == null) {
+            headers.removeHeader(header);
+        }
+        else {
+            headers.setHeader(header, addresses);
+        }
+    }
+
+    private void addHeader(final String header, final Address[] addresses) throws MessagingException {
+        headers.addHeader(header, InternetAddress.toString(addresses));
+    }
+
+    private String getHeaderForRecipientType(final Message.RecipientType type) throws MessagingException {
+        if (javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.TO == type) {
+            return "To";
+        } else if (javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.CC == type) {
+            return "Cc";
+        } else if (javax.mail.Message.RecipientType.BCC == type) {
+            return "Bcc";
+        } else if (RecipientType.NEWSGROUPS == type) {
+            return "Newsgroups";
+        } else {
+            throw new MessagingException("Unsupported recipient type: " + type.toString());
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Utility routine to get a header as a single string value
+     * rather than an array of headers.
+     *
+     * @param name   The name of the header.
+     *
+     * @return The single string header value.  If multiple headers exist,
+     *         the additional ones are ignored.
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    private String getSingleHeader(final String name) throws MessagingException {
+        final String[] values = getHeader(name);
+        if (values == null || values.length == 0) {
+            return null;
+        } else {
+            return values[0];
+        }
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Update the message identifier after headers have been updated.
+     *
+     * The default message id is composed of the following items:
+     *
+     * 1)  A newly created object's hash code.
+     * 2)  A uniqueness counter
+     * 3)  The current time in milliseconds
+     * 4)  The string JavaMail
+     * 5)  The user's local address as returned by InternetAddress.getLocalAddress().
+     *
+     * @exception MessagingException
+     */
+    protected void updateMessageID() throws MessagingException {
+        final StringBuffer id = new StringBuffer();
+
+        id.append('<');
+        id.append(new Object().hashCode());
+        id.append('.');
+        id.append(messageID++);
+        id.append(System.currentTimeMillis());
+        id.append('.');
+        id.append("JavaMail.");
+
+        // get the local address and apply a suitable default.
+
+        final InternetAddress localAddress = InternetAddress.getLocalAddress(session);
+        if (localAddress != null) {
+            id.append(localAddress.getAddress());
+        }
+        else {
+            id.append("javamailuser@localhost");
+        }
+        id.append('>');
+
+        setHeader("Message-ID", id.toString());
+    }
+
+    /**
+     * Method used to create a new MimeMessage instance.  This method
+     * is used whenever the MimeMessage class needs to create a new
+     * Message instance (e.g, reply()).  This method allows subclasses
+     * to override the class of message that gets created or set
+     * default values, if needed.
+     *
+     * @param session The session associated with this message.
+     *
+     * @return A newly create MimeMessage instance.
+     * @throws javax.mail.MessagingException if the MimeMessage could not be created
+     */
+    protected MimeMessage createMimeMessage(final Session session) throws javax.mail.MessagingException {
+        return new MimeMessage(session);
+    }
+
+}