Definition
MIME
The format that lets email carry HTML, plain text, images, and attachments in one message.
In detail
MIME is how email carries more than plain ASCII: HTML parts, alternative plain text, inline images, and attachments. A multipart/alternative message often includes text/plain and text/html so clients can choose. multipart/mixed adds attachments.
Boundaries, content-transfer encoding, and Content-Type headers are easy to get wrong by hand. Use a library or ESP template system instead of concatenating strings.
Reloop's template tools produce well-formed MIME so clients render the HTML (or fall back to text) predictably.
In Reloop
How MIME shows up when you use Reloop, hosted or self-hosted.
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Nearby terms
Other words that often show up next to MIME.
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