This document provides links to information about Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). MIME extends the format of Internet mail to allow non-US-ASCII textual messages, non-textual messages, multipart message bodies, and non-US-ASCII information in message headers.
| NOTE | Please do NOT send MIME-related questions directly to the maintainer of this site. If you cannot find the answers to your questions at this site, please check out the comp.mail.mime FAQ. |
The following RFC's define Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME):
| Full TOC | |
| RFC 2045: | MIME Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies |
| RFC 2046: | MIME Part Two: Media Types |
| RFC 2047: | MIME Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text |
| RFC 2048: | MIME Part Four: Registration Procedures |
| RFC 2049: | MIME Part Five: Conformance Criteria and Examples |
Conversion of RFC's to HTML based on ASCII versions. If you notice any errors, please send a message to Earl Hood, earl@earlhood.com.
| RFC 1524: | The formal description of mailcap files. Mailcap files describe how to handle media types. |
| RFC 2015: | MIME Security with Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). |
| RFC 2110: | MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML). |
| RFC 2111: | Content-ID and Message-ID Uniform Resource Locators. |
| RFC 2112: | The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type. |
| RFC 2183: | Defines the syntax and sematics of the "Content-Disposition" header to convey presentational information. |
| RFC 2231: | MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations |
| RFC 2440: | OpenPGP Message Format |
| RFC 2633: | S/MIME Version 3 Message Specification |
| RFC 2821: | Simple Mail Transfer Protocol |
| RFC 2822: | Internet Message Format |
| RFC 3156: | MIME Security with OpenPGP |
The following RFC's have been replaced by RFC's 2045 thru 2049:
| RFC 1521: | MIME Part One |
| RFC 1522: | MIME Part Two |
comp.mail.mime: Newsgroup for the general discussion of MIME and related topics.
comp.mail.mime FAQ: Frequently asked questions about MIME with answers. Also inludes a list of software available for processing MIME messages.
Registered Media Types: The latest list of registered MIME media types.
Registered Character Sets: The latest list of registered character sets.
MIME - Wikipedia: MIME information at Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
Perl MIME modules: Collection of MIME modules at CPAN.