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Subject:Re: Not even Newbe, MIME Definition From:Ella Peacock <peacock -at- SEQUEL -dot- COM> Date:Sun, 27 Sep 1998 16:31:20 -0500
Hi All...
> MIME
>
>An encoding protocol used for attaching
files to email. I don't recall
>what it stands for at the moment.
RS:I believe that this is the acronym for
Microsoft Internet Mail Extensions
Close... It stands for Multipurpose Internet
Mail Extensions. It was around before
Microsoft decided to embrace the Internet in
1993.
TTYL,
Ella
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Ella M. Beale Peacock
Sr. Tech Writer
Sequel Systems, Inc.
e-mail: peacock -at- sequel -dot- com
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