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Q145919: XFOR: MIME Headers for Attachment Filenames Supported by IMC

Article: Q145919
Product(s): Microsoft Exchange
Version(s): 4.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbnetwork
Last Modified: 15-MAR-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Exchange Windows 3.x client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows NT client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
- Microsoft Exchange Windows 95/98 client, versions 4.0, 5.0 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft Internet Mail Connector (IMC) supports the Multipurpose Internet
Message Extentions (MIME) standard. This allows the IMC to send and receive
messages with attachments to and from other MIME compliant systems.

The IMC is compliant with RFC 1521 "MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions)
Part One: Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet
Message Bodies." This RFC document sets standards for the format of message
bodies to allow multi-part textual and non-textual message bodies to be
represented and exchanged without loss of information.

As per this RFC, the IMC expects messages received from the Internet to specify
attachment filenames using the "filename=" parameter on the "Content-Type" MIME
header. The IMC also uses this format to specify attachment filenames when
sending out messages containing attachments.

The IMC also recognizes the "Content-Disposition" MIME header and can read
attachment filenames in incoming messages if they are specified with this
header. However, the IMC will not use this header when sending messages out to
the Internet.


Additional query words: faq

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Keywords          : kbnetwork 
Technology        : kbExchangeSearch kbExchange500 kbExchange400 kbExchangeClientSearch kbZNotKeyword kbZNotKeyword2 kbZNotKeyword3 kbExchange400NT kbExchange500NT kbExchange400Win95 kbExchange500Win95
Version           : 4.0

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