.TH MIME 1 "Release 1"
.SH NAME
MIME - Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions
.SH SYNOPSIS
.ta 8n
Not a command -- see the SEE ALSO section for usable commands.
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.SH DESCRIPTION
.I MIME is the official proposed standard format for extended Internet
electronic mail.  The MIME format permits email to include enhanced text,
graphics, audio, and more, in a standardized and interoperable manner.  If
you send and receive mail with a MIME-compl iant mail system, you will be
able to send and receive far more than ASCII text.

Various different people and companies are implementing MIME-compliant
software.  This man page was provided, by user request, as part of the
freely-available "metamail" distribution from Bellcore.  Metamail provides a
complete MIME implementation, but th ere may well be others at your site,
too.  The "SEE ALSO" section only refers to the tools that came as part of
the metamail distribution.
.SH SEE ALSO
metamail(1), mailto(1), metasend(1), mmencode(1), richtext(1), splitmail(1), mailto-hebrew(1)
.SH COPYRIGHT
Copyright (c) 1991 Bell Communications Research, Inc. (Bellcore)

Permission to use, copy, modify, and distribute this material 
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that the above copyright notice and this permission notice 
appear in all copies, and that the name of Bellcore not be 
used in advertising or publicity pertaining to this 
material without the specific, prior written permission 
of an authorized representative of Bellcore.  BELLCORE 
MAKES NO REPRESENTATIONS ABOUT THE ACCURACY OR SUITABILITY 
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WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES.
.SH AUTHOR
Nathaniel S. Borenstein, Bellcore
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