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Format

MIME Email

Summary

Name
MIME Email
Version
1.0
Identifiers
  • PUID: fmt/950
  • MIME: message/rfc822
Format type
Text (Structured)
Description
An Internet Message Format email message conforming to RFC 2045 (https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2045.txt), specifically containing MIME-Version and Content-Type header fields, in addition to header fields 'To', 'From', and 'Date' as described in RFC 822 (https://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc822.txt).
File extensions
eml
Source
National Library of New Zealand / National Library of New Zealand

Relationships

Has lower priority than
Has priority over

Internal signatures

MIME Email

Note
MIME-(V|v)ersion: 1.0 or Mime-(V|v)ersion: 1.0 To: From: Date: Content-(T|t)ype:

Byte sequences

Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
20000
Byte Sequence
4D(494D45|696D65)2D(56|76)657273696F6E3A20312E30
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16384
Byte Sequence
546F3A20
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16384
Byte Sequence
46726F6D3A20
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16384
Byte Sequence
446174653A20
Endianness
None
Min Frag Length
Absolute from BOF
Offset
0
Max offset
16384
Byte Sequence
436F6E74656E742D(54|74)7970653A20
Endianness
None

Changelog

  • Updated in V119

    Release date
    8 July 2024

    MIME Email: BOF sequence modified to allow for t or T in 'Content-(t|T)ype:'. Submitted by National Library of Australia.

  • Updated in V118

    Release date
    30 April 2024

    MIME Email 1.0: Max offset of one BOF sequence increased to 20000. Submitted by Archives New Zealand.

  • Updated in V91

    Release date
    25 July 2017

    MIME Email: Improved signature submitted by Henk Vanstappen, Datable.

  • Added in V86

    Release date
    27 July 2016

    MIME Email 1.0: Signature developed in collaboration between Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and National Library of New Zealand.

    MIME Email 1.0: Full entry added in collaboration between Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and National Library of New Zealand.