RFC 2110 (rfc2110) - Page 2 of 19

MIME E-mail Encapsulation of Aggregate Documents, such as HTML (MHTML)

Alternative Format: Original Text Document

RFC 2110                         MHTML                        March 1997


      8.1 General principle..................................... 11
      8.2 Use of the Content-Location header.................... 11
      8.3 Use of the Content-ID header and CID URLs............. 12
   9 Examples................................................... 12
      9.1 Example of a HTML body without included linked objects 12
      9.2 Example with absolute URIs to an embedded GIF picture  13
      9.3 Example with relative URIs to an embedded GIF picture  13
      9.4 Example using CID URL and Content-ID header to an
          embedded GIF picture.................................. 14
   10. Content-Disposition header............................... 15
   11. Character encoding issues and end-of-line issues......... 15
   12. Security Considerations.................................. 16
   13. Acknowledgments.......................................... 17
   14. References............................................... 18
   15. Author's Address......................................... 19

Mailing List Information

   Further discussion on this document should be done through the
   mailing list MHTML@SEGATE.SUNET.SE.

   To subscribe to this list, send a message to
      LISTSERV@SEGATE.SUNET.SE
   which contains the text
   SUB MHTML 

   Archives of this list are available by anonymous ftp from
      FTP://SEGATE.SUNET.SE/lists/mHTML/
   The archives are also available by e-mail. Send a message to
   LISTSERV@SEGATE.SUNET.SE with the text "INDEX MHTML" to get a list
   of the archive files, and then a new message "GET " to
   retrieve the archive files.

   Comments on less important details may also be sent to the editor,
   Jacob Palme <jpalme@dsv.su.se>.

   More information may also be available at URL:
   HTTP://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme/ietf/jp-ietf-home.HTML

1. Introduction

   There are a number of document formats, HTML [HTML2], PDF [PDF] and
   VRML for example, which provide links using URIs for their
   resolution. There is an obvious need to be able to send documents in
   these formats in e-mail [RFC 821=SMTP, RFC 822]. This document gives
   additional specifications on how to send such documents in MIME [RFC
   1521=MIME1] e-mail messages. This version of this standard was based
   on full consideration only of the needs for objects with links in the



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