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This is a pointer to the list of Frequently Asked Questions about
MIME, the Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions.

 - MIME-capable mail user agents can use this message to obtain the FAQ
   via Internet FTP or via mail server.  MH 6.8, for example, can be used
   to retrieve the FAQ as follows:
 
   % mhn -list                     # To see what's in this message
   % mhn -store -part 2.1          # To obtain the FAQ via FTP
   % mhn -store -part 2.2          # To obtain the FAQ via mail server
 
   If you need to use the mail server, you may want the FAQ to be
   returned to you in a format other than MIME base64.  To find out
   more about the mail server, send a message whose body contains the
   line "help" to the address "archive-server@ics.uci.edu".
 
   The MIME FAQ file, mime-faq.txt.gz, is in GNU Zip compression
   format.  Use the "gunzip" program to unpack it.
 
 
 - Instructions on how to retrieve the MIME FAQ manually are given
   in the next section of this message.
 
The MIME FAQ is posted monthly to comp.mail.mime and to news.answers.
This pointer is posted weekly to comp.mail.mime.


$Id: mime-faq-pointer.mh,v 1.5 1995/05/13 23:22:32 jsweet Rel $



Follow these instructions to obtain the MIME FAQ manually if your mail
user agent cannot be used to obtain the FAQ automatically.

 - Mosaic or another WWW client may be used to find the FAQ at these
   URLs:
 
   http://www.cis.ohio-state.edu/text/faq/usenet/mail/mime-faq/top.html
   http://www.cs.ruu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/mail/mime-faq/.html
   ftp://ftp.uu.net/usenet/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/
   ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/
   ftp://ftp.ics.uci.edu/mh/contrib/multimedia/mime-faq.txt.gz
 
 
 - The FAQ is available via anonymous FTP from various hosts,
   including these:
 
   ftp.uu.net:/usenet/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/*
   rtfm.mit.edu:/pub/usenet-by-group/news.answers/mail/mime-faq/*
   ftp.ics.uci.edu:/mh/contrib/multimedia/mime-faq.txt.gz
 
   If possible, please try to find a closer site; for example, by asking
   archie for "mime-faq".  Be sure to use binary mode when transferring
   .gz (GNU Zip) files.
 
 
 - To retrieve the FAQ by mail server, you may send a message whose body
   contains the line "mimesend /mh/contrib/multimedia mime-faq.txt.gz"
   (note the spaces) to the address "archive-server@ics.uci.edu".  To
   obtain help from the mail server, send a message whose body contains
   the line "help" to the address "archive-server@ics.uci.edu".