MIME(1) 						      General Commands Manual							   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 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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