Network Device and Method for Processing Email Request

A method performed by a network device for processing requests from a client device to retrieve emails from an email server, comprising:

• receiving a first request from the client device for fetching a portion of an email message, wherein the portion of the email message does not comprise a header of the email message;
• generating a second request for fetching the email message in its entirety according to the first request;
• sending the second request to the email server;
• receiving the email message in an encoded form from the email server;
• decoding the email message to obtain the portion in a decoded form;
• and
• forwarding the portion of the email message to the client device.

A non-transitory machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a processor in a network apparatus, cause the network apparatus to perform operations comprising:

• receiving a first request from the client device for fetching a portion of an email message, wherein the portion of the email message excludes a header of the email;
• generating a second request for fetching the email message in its entirety according to the first request;
• sending the second request to the email server;
• receiving the email message in an encoded form from the email server;
• decoding the email message to obtain the portion in a decoded form;
• and
• forwarding the portion to the client device.