Next: GNU Free Documentation License, Previous: Basic Functions, Up: Top [Contents][Index]

## 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.