MIME(1) UNIX System V (Release 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 system, 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 provides 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 ALSO
metamail(1), mailto(1), metasend(1), mmencode(1),
richtext(1), splitmail(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 pertaining to this
material without the specific, prior written permission of
an authorized representative of Bellcore. BELLCORE MAKES NO
REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY OF THIS
MATERIAL FOR ANY PURPOSE. IT IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT
ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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