Gmime30

Jul 20, 2023

Library (written in C) for parsing and creating messages using MIME

GMime is a set of utilities for parsing and creating messages using the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extension MIME as defined by the following RFCs

  • 0822 Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages
  • 2045 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME Part One Format of Internet Message Bodies
  • 2046 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME Part Two Media Types
  • 2047 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME Part Three Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
  • 2048 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME Part Four Registration Procedures
  • 2049 Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions MIME Part Five Conformance Criteria and Examples
  • 2183 Communicating Presentation Information in Internet Messages The Content-Disposition Header Field


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