Cameron Laird's personal notes on MIME

As Claus Aßmann summarizes, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) is a standard to send stuff other than 7Bit ASCII by e-mail."

[publications]

[RFCs 2045, 2046 and 2047]

I find little of interest in the comp.mail.mime FAQ; it's aimed at possessors of broken e-mail clients.

"A Technical Overview of MIME" from Web Developer's Journal Archives.

[info on handlers in Tcl, Perl, Python, ...]

[printed-quotable vs. base64]

[MIME link page]

[not just e-mail--applied in HTTP, ...]

[Explain products' uses ...]

Cameron Laird's personal notes on MIME/claird@phaseit.net