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RFC 1521

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies, September 1993

File formats:

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Status:

DRAFT STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 1341

Obsoleted by:

RFC 2045, RFC 2046, RFC 2047, RFC 2048, RFC 2049

Updated by:

RFC 1590

Authors:

N. Borenstein
N. Freed

Stream:

IETF

Source:

822ext (app)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC1521

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Abstract

This document redefines the format of message bodies to allow multi-part textual and non-textual message bodies to be represented and exchanged without loss of information. This is based on earlier work documented in RFC 934 and STD 11, RFC 1049, but extends and revises that work. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.