We will shortly start coding a variant of our mail and conference
system, in which we will allow messages in HTML format.
After my signature below comes an example of how we are planning
to encode this using MIME. Any comments are welcome.
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Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se> (Stockholm University and KTH)
for more info see URL: http://www.dsv.su.se/~jpalme
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MAIL FROM:<jpalme(_at_)DSV(_dot_)SU(_dot_)SE>
RCPT TO:<jptest(_at_)DSV(_dot_)SU(_dot_)SE>
RCPT TO: <jpalme(_at_)DSV(_dot_)SU(_dot_)SE>
DATA
Date: Sat, 22 Apr 1995 06:18:00 +0200 (MET DST)
From: Jacob Palme <jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
To: jptest(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se
Message-Id: <jpalme*4711(_at_)su-kom(_dot_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
X-mailer: KOM-95V0.1
Mime-Version: 1.0
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Subject: Demo of a MIME MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE message
This message is in MIME format. It contains the same text in two
formats. The first part is in plain text format. The second part
is the same text in the World Wide Web (HTML) format.
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Content-ID: <jpalme*4711-1(_at_)su-kom(_dot_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
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Content-Id: <jpalme*4711-2(_at_)su-kom(_dot_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
Centered header
---------------
+---------------------------------+
| Picture of circle inside square |
+---------------------------------+
This is a message, which will be sent first as plain text, and then in the
HTML format, using the MIME MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE method of sending the
same text in the same message in two different ways.
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Jacob Palme E-mail: jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se
Department of Computer and Phone: +46-8-16 16 67
Systems Sciences (DSV) Fax: +46-8-703 90 25
Stockholm University Postal address: Skeppargatan 73,
Royal Institute of technology S-11530 Stockholm, Sweden
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Content-Id: <jpalme*4711-3(_at_)su-kom(_dot_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se>
<html>
<title>Demo of a MIME MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE message</title>
<head></head>
<body>
<a name="para-1">
<h1>Large font header</h1>
<IMG SRC="%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%" align=center
alt="Picture of circle inside square"><br>
<a name="para-2">
<strong>This is the caption of the picture</strong><p>
<a name="para-3">
This is a message, which will be sent first as plain
text, and then in the HTML format, using the MIME
MULTIPART/ALTERNATIVE method of sending the same text in the
same message in two different ways.
<a name="para-4">
<hr><pre>
Jacob Palme <strong>E-mail:</strong>
jpalme(_at_)dsv(_dot_)su(_dot_)se
Department of Computer and <strong>Phone:</strong> +46-8-16 16 67
Systems Sciences (DSV) <strong>Fax:</strong> +46-8-703 90 25
Stockholm University <strong>Postal address:</strong> Skeppargatan
73,
Royal Institute of technology S-11530 Stockholm, Sweden
</pre>
</body></html>
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