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Multimedia E-mail (MIME) User Agent Checklist

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RFC 1820               MIME User Agent Checklist             August 1995


Getting test messages

   For several tests in the checklist a test message is required. Test
   messages can be requested in the following way: Send mail to test@relay.surfnet.nl> with a subject field containing ONE of the
   following:

   text/plain
   text/enriched
   image/gif
   image/jpeg
   audio/basic
   video/mpeg
   application/octet-stream
   application/postscript
   message/rfc822
   message/partial
   message/external
   multipart/mixed
   multipart/parallel
   multipart/digest
   multipart/alternative
   application/wordperfect5.1
   application/msword
   application/rtf
   X-local      
   nested    
   iso-8859-1    

   A message containing the requested content-type will be returned to
   the address contained in the from field.

References

   The reader is encouraged to also check out the following references:

   The MIME standards:

   -   Borenstein N. and N. Freed, "MIME (Multipurpose Internet
       Mail Extensions) Part One: Mechanisms for specifying and
       describing the format of Internet message bodies",  RFC 1521,
       Bellcore, Innosoft, September 1993.

   -   Moore K., "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part
       Two: Message header extensions for non-Ascii text", RFC 1522,
       University of Tennessee, September 1993.





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