RFC 1873 · EXPERIMENTAL · 1995

Message/External-Body Content-ID Access Type

Overview

RFC 1873, “Message/External-Body Content-ID Access Type”, is an Experimental document published in December 1995 by E. Levinson, J. Clark. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.

Abstract

The existing MIME Content-Type Message/External-Body access-types allow a MIME entity (body-part) to refer to an object that is not in the message by specifying how to access that object. The Content-ID access method described in this document provides the capability to refer to an object within the message. This memo defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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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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