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RFC 2046

Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types, November 1996

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Status:

DRAFT STANDARD

Obsoletes:

RFC 1521, RFC 1522, RFC 1590

Updated by:

RFC 2646, RFC 3798, RFC 5147, RFC 6657, RFC 8098

Authors:

N. Freed
N. Borenstein

Stream:

IETF

Source:

822ext (app)

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC2046

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Abstract

This second document defines the general structure of the MIME media typing system and defines an initial set of media types. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 8729.