The MIME Multi-media Mail Format

Message Format

1. message::=standard_mail_header mime_version.line (mime_type.line mime_encoding.line standard_mail_body ) & mime_formated_message.
2. mime_version::="MIME-Version: " N(digit) "." N(digit).
3. mime_type::="Content-Type: " type_subtype O(semicolon L(parameter, semicolon)).
   
4. |-mime_type==>"Content-Type: " type"/"subtype O(semicolon L(parameter, semicolon)).
5. mime_encoding::= word.

6. mime_formated_message::= part_message | multipart_message.
7. part_message::= |[(t,s):mime_type_subtype_pair~/1st("multipart")] ("Content-Type: " t "/" s).line mime_encoding.line part_in_format(t,s).

8. multi_part_message::= |[(t,s):mime_type_subtype_pair&/1st("multipart"), b: char^(1..70)] (t "/" s ";" "boundary=" b).line mime_encoding.line ( preamble b.line #( part b.line ) epilogue. preamble and epilogue are ignored.
9. part::= implictly_typed_ASCII eoln | part_message.

10. mime_type_subtype_pair::= "text" >< ("plain" | "richtext") | "multipart"><("mixed" | "alternative" | "parallel" | "digest") | "message"><{"External-Body",...} | "image"><{...} | "audio" ><{...} | "video" ><{...} | "application" >< ("ODA" | "octet-stream" | "PostScript" | "ief" | "DCA-RFT" ).

11. type_subtype::=|[p:mime_type_subtype_pair](1st(p) "/" 2nd(p) )

12. type::=pre(mime_type_subtype_pair).
13. subtype::=post(mime_type_subtype_pair).

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text/richtext

[ comp.text.SGML.html ]
1. special_chars::= "<nl>" | "<np>" | "<lt>"
2. encoding::= whitspace+>ignored | "<nl>"+>eoln | "<np>"+>new_paragraph | "<lt>" +> less_than |+> Id.

3. richtext::= #( non(command) | special_chars ) | |[ c:SGML.command ] ( c richtext SGML.negative(c) ).

4. |- SGML.command::= "<" (style | character_set | format ) ">",

   
   

5. |-SGML.negative_command="</" (style | character_set | format ) ">",

6. |- SGML.negative::command->negative_command= (1st) ! "/" ! (rest).

7. style::= "Bold" | "Italic" | "Fixed" | "Bigger" | "Smaller".

8. character_set::= "US-ASCII" | "ISO-8859-X". ISO 8859-X
9. format::= "Underline" | "Center" | "FlushLeft" | "FlushRight" | "Indent" | "IndentRight" | "Outdent" | "Outdentright" | "SamePage" | "Subscript" | "Superscript" | "Heading" | "Footing" | "Excerpt" | "Paragraph" | "Signature" | "Comment" | "No-op".

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