MIME(1)MIME(1)NAME
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
SYNOPSIS
Not a command -- see the SEE ALSO section for usable commands.
DESCRIPTION
MIME is the official proposed standard format for extended Internet
electronic mail. The MIME format permits email to include enhanced
text, graphics, audio, and more, in a standardized and interoperable
manner. If you send and receive mail with a MIME-compliant mail sys‐
tem, you will be able to send and receive far more than ASCII text.
Various different people and companies are implementing MIME-compliant
software. This man page was provided, by user request, as part of the
freely-available "metamail" distribution from Bellcore. Metamail pro‐
vides a complete MIME implementation, but there may well be others at
your site, too. The "SEE ALSO" section only refers to the tools that
came as part of the metamail distribution.
SEE ALSOmetamail(1), mailto(1), metasend(1), mmencode(1), richtext(1), split‐
mail(1), mailto-hebrew(1)COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)
Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material for any
purpose and without fee is hereby granted, provided that the above
copyright notice and this permission notice appear in all copies, and
that the name of Bellcore not be used in advertising or publicity per‐
taining to this material without the specific, prior written permission
of an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO REPRE‐
SENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS MATERIAL FOR ANY
PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WAR‐
RANTIES.
AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
Release 1 MIME(1)
