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RFC 5621: Message Body Handling in the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP)

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This document specifies how message bodies are handled in SIP. Additionally, this document specifies SIP user agent support for MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) in message bodies. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

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Document ID
RFC5621
Published
September 2009
Authors
G. Camarillo
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
rai
Pages
19
Also known as
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Updates:
RFC 3204, RFC 3261, RFC 3459
Updated by:
RFC 8262

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