IPP Mail Archive: IPP> Pointer to new IETF MIME document

IPP> Pointer to new IETF MIME document

JK Martin (jkm@underscore.com)
Thu, 9 Jan 97 13:59 EST

Given the strong focus on MIME, this document might be of some
use for our efforts.

...jay

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Mime-Version: 1.0
To: IETF-Announce: ;
From: Internet-Drafts@ietf.org
Subject: I-D ACTION:draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt
Date: Thu, 09 Jan 1997 10:56:49 -0500
X-Orig-Sender: cclark@ietf.org

--NextPart

A Revised Internet-Draft is available from the on-line Internet-Drafts
directories.

Title : Wrapping MIME Objects: Application/MIME
Author(s) : D. Crocker, L. Lundblade, J. Zawinski
Filename : draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt
Pages : 4
Date : 01/08/1997

MIME permits labeling and aggregating objects into complex hierarchies.
Support for MIME mechanisms is not universal although it is growing
quickly, so that gateways are often required to translate portions of a
MIME object into its constituent pieces, that is, as independent
attachments.

Internet-Drafts are available by anonymous FTP. Login with the username
"anonymous" and a password of your e-mail address. After logging in,
type "cd internet-drafts" and then
"get draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt".
A URL for the Internet-Draft is:
ftp://ds.internic.net/internet-drafts/draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt

Internet-Drafts directories are located at:

o Africa: ftp.is.co.za

o Europe: ftp.nordu.net
ftp.nis.garr.it

o Pacific Rim: munnari.oz.au

o US East Coast: ds.internic.net

o US West Coast: ftp.isi.edu

Internet-Drafts are also available by mail.

Send a message to: mailserv@ds.internic.net. In the body type:
"FILE /internet-drafts/draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt".

NOTE: The mail server at ds.internic.net can return the document in
MIME-encoded form by using the "mpack" utility. To use this
feature, insert the command "ENCODING mime" before the "FILE"
command. To decode the response(s), you will need "munpack" or
a MIME-compliant mail reader. Different MIME-compliant mail readers
exhibit different behavior, especially when dealing with
"multipart" MIME messages (i.e., documents which have been split
up into multiple messages), so check your local documentation on
how to manipulate these messages.


Below is the data which will enable a MIME compliant mail reader
implementation to automatically retrieve the ASCII version
of the Internet-Draft.

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Content-Type: Multipart/Alternative; Boundary="OtherAccess"

--OtherAccess
Content-Type: Message/External-body;
access-type="mail-server";
server="mailserv@ds.internic.net"

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-ID: <19970108105041.I-D@ietf.org>

ENCODING mime
FILE /internet-drafts/draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt

--OtherAccess
Content-Type: Message/External-body;
name="draft-crocker-wrap-01.txt";
site="ds.internic.net";
access-type="anon-ftp";
directory="internet-drafts"

Content-Type: text/plain
Content-ID: <19970108105041.I-D@ietf.org>

--OtherAccess--

--NextPart--

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