MEDIA TYPES

The Internet Working Group's Request for Comments #1521 paper, specifies that content types, content subtypes, character sets, access types, and conversion values for MIME mail will be assigned and listed by the IANA.

So look at this for the type and subtype to configure your helper apps.


Content Types and Subtypes

Type		Subtype

text		plain 
		richtext 
		enriched 
		tab-separated-values	

multipart	mixed
		alternative
		digest
		parallel
		appledouble
		header-set

message		rfc822
		partial
		external-body
		news

application	octet-stream
		postscript
		oda
		atomicmail
		andrew-inset	
		slate
		wita
		dec-dx
		dca-rft
		activemessage
		rtf
		applefile
		mac-binhex40
		news-message-id
		news-transmission
		wordperfect5.1
		pdf
		zip
		macwriteii
		msword
		remote-printing
	
image		jpeg
		gif
		ief
		tiff

audio		basic

video		mpeg
		quicktime
The format is Type/Subtype


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