[ILUG] [OT] Mime

[Lars Hecking]

John Hegarty writes:
> I am working on a little project for a mime decoder , i have BASE64 done
> ok , but what I need to know is , Is BASE64 the only format used for mime
> or if there is more what are they etc.etc...
 
 I have seen application/mac-binhex40, too, even in non-Macintosh email.
 E.g. Eudora, at least older versions, allows users to choose MIME, BinHex,
 and Uuencode (the MIME option apparently produces base64).

 A mime decoder is certainly not a "little" project. You should
 familiarise yourself at least with RFCs 2045 -- 2049. Have you
 heard about emil?