javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.getContent() throws NullPointerException.

Name: sg39081 Date: 09/14/99


MimeMessage.getContent() throws NullPointerException
when received internet message which header
 conteins next line:
   Content-Type: text
 and create MimeMessage instance with that
 message.

# Some MUA/MTA ("Microsoft Exchange Server
# Internet Mail Connector" for example) set
# 'Content-Type' header to "text".
# (not "text/plain")

Exception stack trace:
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java.lang.NullPointerException:
        at javax.activation.DataHandler.getBaseType(DataHandler.java:648)
        at javax.activation.DataHandler.getDataContentHandler(DataHandler.java:605)
        at javax.activation.DataHandler.getContent(DataHandler.java:540)
        at javax.mail.internet.MimeMessage.getContent(MimeMessage.java:1068)
...
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(Review ID: 42793)
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