1 files changed, 34 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/email/email.scm b/email/email.scm
index a791a0e..666bd3e 100644
--- a/email/email.scm
+++ b/email/email.scm
@@ -643,28 +643,45 @@ values. The returned headers is a string and body is a bytevector."
 (define (post-process-content-transfer-encoding _ value)
   (list 'content-transfer-encoding (string->lcase-symbol value)))
 
-(define post-process-content-type
-  (match-lambda*
+(define (post-process-content-type . args)
+  (define (valid-charset? charset)
+    (catch #t
+      (lambda ()
+        (bytevector->string (make-bytevector 0 0) charset)
+        #t)
+      (const #f)))
+
+  (match args
     (`(content (type ,type)
                (subtype ,subtype)
                . ,parameters)
      (let ((type (string->lcase-symbol type))
-           (subtype (string->lcase-symbol subtype)))
+           (subtype (string->lcase-symbol subtype))
+           (parameters
+            (map (match-lambda
+                   (`(parameter (attribute ,attribute)
+                                (value ,value))
+                    (cons (string->lcase-symbol attribute) value)))
+                 (flatten-and-filter '(parameter) parameters))))
        `(content-type
-         ,(acons* 'type type
-                  'subtype subtype
-                  (let ((parameters
-                         (map (match-lambda
-                                (`(parameter (attribute ,attribute)
-                                             (value ,value))
-                                 (cons (string->lcase-symbol attribute) value)))
-                              (flatten-and-filter '(parameter) parameters))))
-                    ;; RFC6657 specifies UTF-8 as the default charset
-                    ;; for text/* media types.
-                    (if (and (eq? type 'text)
-                             (not (assoc-ref parameters 'charset)))
-                        (acons 'charset "utf-8" parameters)
-                        parameters))))))))
+         ,(acons*
+           'type type
+           'subtype subtype
+           (cond
+            ((and (eq? type 'text)
+                  (or
+                   ;; RFC6657 specifies UTF-8 as the default charset for
+                   ;; text/* media types.
+                   (not (assoc-ref parameters 'charset))
+                   ;; RFC2045 recommends that the default be assumed
+                   ;; when a syntactically invalid Content-Type header
+                   ;; is encountered. In this implementation, we are
+                   ;; only checking for the validity of the
+                   ;; charset. Should we check for the validity of the
+                   ;; entire Content-Type header? If so, how?
+                   (not (valid-charset? (assoc-ref parameters 'charset)))))
+             (acons 'charset "utf-8" parameters))
+            (else parameters))))))))
 
 (define post-process-content-disposition
   (match-lambda*