RFC 2159 · PROPOSED STANDARD · 1998
MON · 27 JUL 2026
A MIME Body Part for FAX
Overview
RFC 2159, “A MIME Body Part for FAX”, is a Proposed Standard document published in January 1998 by H. Alvestrand. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document contains the definitions, originally contained in RFC 1494, on how to carry CCITT G3Fax in MIME, and how to translate it to its X.400 representation. [STANDARDS-TRACK]
What “Proposed Standard” means
An entry-level standards-track specification: stable, peer-reviewed and a solid basis for implementation, though it may still evolve before becoming an Internet Standard.
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- RFC 2158 X.400 Image Body Parts
- RFC 2160 Carrying PostScript in X.400 and MIME
- RFC 2157 Mapping between X.400 and RFC-822/MIME Message Bodies
- RFC 2161 A MIME Body Part for ODA
- RFC 2156 MIXER : Mapping between X.400 and RFC 822/MIME
- RFC 2162 MaXIM-11 - Mapping between X.400 / Internet mail and Mail-11 mail
- RFC 2163 Using the Internet DNS to Distribute MIXER Conformant Global Address Mapping
- RFC 2164 Use of an X.500/LDAP directory to support MIXER address mapping