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RFC 2046

"Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Two: Media Types", November 1996

Canonical URL:
http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2046.txt
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Status:
DRAFT STANDARD
Obsoletes:
RFC 1521, RFC 1522, RFC 1590
Updated by:
RFC 2646, RFC 3798, RFC 5147, RFC 6657
Authors:
N. Freed
N. Borenstein
Stream:
IETF
Source:
822ext (app)

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Abstract

This second document defines the general structure of the MIME media typing system and defines an initial set of media types. [STANDARDS-TRACK]


For the definition of Status, see RFC 2026.

For the definition of Stream, see RFC 4844.


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