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Article #964Re: MIME
From: Dave Saunders
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:47
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 22:47
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In article <5227@ceylon.gte.com>, ljd2@roger.gte.com (Leonard D'Alotto) writes: > I have been asked to learn about, and become conversant about, > something called MIME(?). I haven't a clue as to what it is, but it is > supposedly some type of multimedia messaging standard, system, ow > whatever. It fell on me as I happen to know a little about X.400. If > anyone can point me in the right direction for gaining knowledge on > this subject, it would be appreciated. MIME is an extension to SMTP that allows for many of the features that mac X.400 such a nifty messaging protocol. There are two RFCs that provide a bulk of the information 1344 Implications of MIME for Internet Mail Gateways 1341 MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Mechanisms for Specifying and there are a number of IETF drafts in the works that can be retrieved via FTP from nic.dnn.mil. Dave ---------------------------------- Dave Saunders <dave@intercon.com> InterCon Systems Corporation "Standards-based networking for a standards-based world" When your IQ rises to 28, sell. --Professor Irwin Corey to a heckler
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!darwin.sura.net!udel!intercon!usenet From: dave@intercon.com (Dave Saunders) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400 Subject: Re: MIME Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1993 17:47:40 -0500 Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation Lines: 30 Distribution: world Message-ID: <9301061747.AA40686@dave.intercon.com> References: <5227@ceylon.gte.com> Reply-To: dave@intercon.com (Dave Saunders) NNTP-Posting-Host: dave.intercon.com X-Newsreader: InterCon TCP/Connect II 1.1b32