Other MIME Objects Editing MIME

2.3.2.5: Readying multimedia messages for sending

When you are finished editing a MIME message, it might look like this:

   3  24Aug  root               received fax files on Wed Aug 24 11:00:13
   4+ 24Aug  To:wohler          Test<<This is a test message to get the wh





--%%-{+inbox} 4 msgs (1-4)      (MH-Folder Show)--Bot-------------------
To: wohler
cc:
Subject: Test of MIME
--------
#@application/octet-stream [Nonexistent ftp test file] \
access-type=anon-ftp; site=berzerk.com; name=panacea.tar.gz; \
directory="/pub/"
#audio/basic [Test sound bite] /tmp/noise.au
--**-{draft}      (MH-Letter)--All--------------------------------------



mh-e MIME draft

The lines added by the previous commands are mhn directives and need to be converted to MIME directives before sending. This is accomplished by the command C-c C-e (mh-edit-mhn), which runs mhn on the message. The following screen shows what those commands look like in full MIME format. You can see why mail user agents are usually built to hide these details from the user.

To: wohler
cc:
Subject: Test of MIME
MIME-Version: 1.0
Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="----- =_aaaaaaaaaa0"
Content-ID: <1623.777796162.0@newt.com>

------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0
Content-Type: message/external-body; access-type="anon-ftp";
        site="berzerk.com"; name="panacea.tar.gz"; directory="/pub/"

Content-Type: application/octet-stream
Content-ID: <1623.777796162.1@newt.com>
Content-Description: Nonexistent ftp test file

------- =_aaaaaaaaaa0
Content-Type: audio/basic
Content-ID: <1623.777796162.2@newt.com>
Content-Description: Test sound bite
Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64

Q3JlYXRpdmUgVm9pY2UgRmlsZRoaAAoBKREBQh8AgwCAgH9/f35+fn59fX5+fn5+f39/f39/f3
f4B/f39/f39/f39/f39/f39+f39+f39/f39/f4B/f39/fn5/f39/f3+Af39/f39/gH9/f39/fn
-----{draft}      (MH-Letter)--Top--------------------------------------



mh-e MIME draft ready to send

This action can be undone by running C-c C-m C-u (mh-revert-mhn-edit). It does this by reverting to a backup file. You are prompted to confirm this action, but you can avoid the confirmation by adding an argument (for example, C-u C-c C-m C-u).

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Editing MIME