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Summary

Name MIME Email
Version 1.0
Other names  
Identifiers PUID:  fmt/950
MIME:  message/rfc822
Family  
Classification Text (Structured)
Disclosure  
Description An Internet Message Format email message conforming to RFC 2045 (https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt), specifically containing MIME-Version and Content-Type header fields, in addition to header fields 'To', 'From', and 'Date' as described in RFC 822 (https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc822.txt).
Orientation  
Byte order  
Related file formats Has priority over Internet Message Format  
Technical Environment  
Released  
Supported until  
Format Risk  
Developed by None.
Supported by None.
Source National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand
Source date 22 Jul 2016
Source description 04/2024 (v.118): Max offset of one BOF sequence increased to 20000. Submitted by Archives New Zealand; 07/2024 (v.119): Internal signature BOF sequence modified to allow for t or T in 'Content-(t|T)ype:'. Submitted by the National Library of Australia.
Last updated 08 Jul 2024
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