Re: Using MIME without extra mail headers

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From: Jerry Sweet
Date: Fri, 08 Jan 1993 23:32

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> Is there any convention for transmitting MIME messages if extra
> mail headers (Content-Type etc.) cannot be used for one reason or
> another?

I don't think there's a convention, but as a work-around you could use
RFC 934 encapsulation of the MIME message and invite the recipient to
burst out the MIME message...

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