+gchar *
+modest_tny_mime_part_get_headers_content_type (TnyMimePart *part)
+{
+ gchar *header_content_type;
+ gchar *header_content_type_lower;
+ gchar *suffix;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (TNY_IS_MIME_PART (part), NULL);
+
+ header_content_type = modest_tny_mime_part_get_header_value (part, "Content-Type");
+
+ if (!header_content_type)
+ return NULL;
+
+ header_content_type = g_strstrip (header_content_type);
+
+ /* remove the ; suffix */
+ suffix = index (header_content_type, ';');
+ suffix[0] = '\0';
+
+ header_content_type_lower = (header_content_type ) ?
+ g_ascii_strdown (header_content_type, -1) : NULL;
+ return header_content_type_lower;
+}
+
+gchar *
+modest_tny_mime_part_get_content_type (TnyMimePart *part)
+{
+ const gchar *content_type;
+ gchar *retval = NULL;
+
+ g_return_val_if_fail (TNY_IS_MIME_PART (part), NULL);
+ content_type = tny_mime_part_get_content_type (part);
+
+ if (g_str_has_prefix (content_type, "message/rfc822")) {
+ retval = modest_tny_mime_part_get_headers_content_type (part);
+ }
+
+ if (retval == NULL) {
+ retval = g_ascii_strdown (content_type, -1);
+ }
+
+ return retval;
+}