...application/encoded-file, however, is at
best beyond the purview of this discussion and at worst totally superfluous.
Consider: There's already a perfectly reasonable subtype to carry
undifferentiated binary files; it is called application/octet-stream. Now, it
You are correct. In my haste, I had overlooked the octet-stream type. I am
not exactly as up to speed on the MIME standard as I should be, which I why
I am consulting this list.
I'm amending my original proposal to use octet-stream as follows:
Content-Type: application/octet-stream; conversions="x-AppleSingle"
(or x-MacBinary, etc.)
However, in the case of encrypted RIPEM msgs, the name option should
be explicitly excluded to avoid revealing this information.
Any other problems which I may have overlooked?
-Ray