Emacs MIME Manual

This manual documents the libraries used to compose and display MIME messages.

This is not a manual meant for users; it's a manual directed at people who want to write functions and commands that manipulate MIME elements.

MIME is short for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. This standard is documented in a number of RFCs; mainly RFC2045 (Format of Internet Message Bodies), RFC2046 (Media Types), RFC2047 (Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text), RFC2048 (Registration Procedures), RFC2049 (Conformance Criteria and Examples). It is highly recommended that anyone who intends writing MIME-compliant software read at least RFC2045 and RFC2047.

1. Interface Functions		An abstraction over the basic functions.
2. Basic Functions		Utility and basic parsing functions.
3. Decoding and Viewing		A framework for decoding and viewing.
4. Composing		MML; a language for describing MIME parts.
5. Standards		A summary of RFCs and working documents used.
6. Index		Function and variable index.