RFC 1523: The text/enriched MIME Content-type
This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 1563, RFC 1896.
Current document in this lineage: RFC 1896 — The text/enriched MIME Content-type
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
MIME [RFC-1341, RFC-1521] defines a format and general framework for the representation of a wide variety of data types in Internet mail. This document defines one particular type of MIME data, the text/enriched type, a refinement of the "text/richtext" type defined in RFC 1341. This memo provides information for the Internet community. It does not specify an Internet standard.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC1523
- Published
- September 1993
- Authors
- N. Borenstein
- Status
- INFORMATIONAL
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- app
- Pages
- 15
- Also known as
- —
Topics
Standards lineage
This document is one revision in a chain of 3 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.
- RFC 1523 (1993)
- RFC 1563 (1994)
- RFC 1896 (1996) ✓
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Referenced by
2 later RFCs formally update or obsolete part of this document.
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