RFC 1806 · EXPERIMENTAL · 1995
MON · 27 JUL 2026
Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header
Overview
RFC 1806, “Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages: The Content-Disposition Header”, is an Experimental document published in June 1995 by R. Troost, S. Dorner. It has been obsoleted by RFC 2183 — refer to the newer document for the authoritative version. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This memo provides a mechanism whereby messages conforming to the [RFC 1521] ("MIME") specification can convey presentational information. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.
What “Experimental” means
Describes a specification that is part of a research or development effort, published so the community can gain experience with it.
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Relationships to other RFCs
Other RFCs from 1995
- RFC 1805 Location-Independent Data/Software Integrity Protocol
- RFC 1807 A Format for Bibliographic Records
- RFC 1804 Schema Publishing in X.500 Directory
- RFC 1808 Relative Uniform Resource Locators
- RFC 1803 Recommendations for an X.500 Production Directory Service
- RFC 1809 Using the Flow Label Field in IPv6
- RFC 1802 Introducing Project Long Bud: Internet Pilot Project for the Deployment of X.500 Directory Information in Support of X.400 Routing
- RFC 1810 Report on MD5 Performance