5 Standards

The Emacs MIME library implements handling of various elements according to a (somewhat) large number of RFCs, drafts and standards documents. This chapter lists the relevant ones. They can all be fetched from http://quimby.gnus.org/notes/.

RFC822

STD11

Standard for the Format of ARPA Internet Text Messages.

RFC1036

Standard for Interchange of USENET Messages

RFC2045

Format of Internet Message Bodies

RFC2046

Media Types

RFC2047

Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text

RFC2048

Registration Procedures

RFC2049

Conformance Criteria and Examples

RFC2231

MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations

RFC1843

HZ—A Data Format for Exchanging Files of Arbitrarily Mixed Chinese and ASCII characters

draft-ietf-drums-msg-fmt-05.txt

Draft for the successor of RFC822

RFC2112

The MIME Multipart/Related Content-type

RFC1892

The Multipart/Report Content Type for the Reporting of Mail System Administrative Messages

RFC2183

Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header Field

RFC2646

Documentation of the text/plain format parameter for flowed text.