Computers & Networked Information                                                                                                              Computer Science 2984

MIME

Multi-purpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME)

* Multi-media email
* Set of file type specifications

+      Standard file types
+      Application proprietary formats

* Attaches (includes) different file types in messages
* Automatically packages (encodes) file types for mailing
* Automatically unpacks (decodes) file types upon receipt

MIME Examples

* Eudora MIME Send

* Eudora MIME Receive

* Raw (undecoded) MIME Message Sample

Further Exploration