User-745156128 posted
Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) is an Internet standard that extends the format of email to
support:
- Text in character sets other than ASCII
- Non-text attachments
- Message bodies with multiple parts
- Header information in non-ASCII character sets
like this =>
Content-Type: text/plain
MIM E Type Descr ipt ion
text : Textual information. Subtypes include plain, html, and xml.
image : Image data. Subtypes are defined for two widely used image formats,
jpeg and gif, and other subtypes exist as well.
audio : Audio data. Requires an audio output device (such as a speaker or headphones)
for the contents to be heard. An initial subtype, basic, is defined
for this type.
video : Video data. The subtype mpeg is often used. Typically, videos are not
transferred directly, but are read from an embedded object, such as a
JavaScript or Adobe Flash object.
application : Any binary data. The subtype octet-stream is typically used
