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
Release 1 MIME(1)
