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At 06:56 PM 5/2/99 -0400, Therese D. O'Neil wrote the following:

>1)    How do I turn MIME on and off?  What is MIME?

MIME (Mutipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) as defined in RFC (Request
For Comments) 1341 and revised by 2045, 2046, and 2047.
see http://info.internet.isi.edu/7c/in-notes/rfc

This freely available
specification that offers a way to interchange text in languages with
different character sets, and multi-media e-mail among many different
computer systems that use Internet mail standards.

MIME allows users to create and read e-mail messages containing:
        - character sets other than ASCII
        - enriched text
        - images
        - sounds
        - other messages (reliably encapsulated)
        - tar files
        - PostScript
        - FTPable file pointers
        - other stuff

MIME supports not only several pre-defined types of non-textual message
contents, such as 8-bit 8000Hz-sampled mu-LAW audio, GIF image files,
and PostScript programs, but also permits you to define your own types
of message parts.

For how to turn off MIME in many different E-mail programs, see
http://www.geocities.com/CapitolHill/1236/nomime.html



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Gerry Boyd -- gboyd@netcom.com