
Context labels for Internet Messages - per [RFC3458]

(last updated 26 October 2004)

See [RFC3458] for registration procedures.

Internet Message Content Types

Value              Description                              Reference 
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fax-message        Indicates a message whose primary        [RFC3458] 
                   content is a fax mail message.  The 
                   primary content is image data.  The 
                   context is usually a message recorded 
                   from a facsimile telephone call.

multimedia-message Indicates a message whose primary        [RFC3458] 
                   content is a multimedia message.  The 
                   primary content is multimedia, most 
                   likely MHTML.  The context is often 
                   spam or newsletters. 
                             
None               Indicates an unknown message context.    [RFC3458] 
                                                             
pager-message      Indicates a message whose primary        [RFC3458]
                   content is a page.  The primary 
                   content is text data.  The context is 
                   an urgent message usually of a 
                   limited length. 
                                
text-message       Indicates a classic, text-based,         [RFC3458] 
                   Internet message. 
                                                          
video-message      Indicates a message whose primary        [RFC3938]
                   content is a video mail message.  The 
                   primary content is video data.  The 
                   context is usually a message recorded 
                   using a video camera, or a message whose 
                   primary purpose is to contain an external 
                   reference to a message recorded using 
                   a video camera.

voice-message      Indicates a message whose primary        [RFC3458] 
                   content is a voice mail message.  The 
                   primary content is audio data.  The 
                   context is usually a message recorded 
                   from a voice telephone call. 

References
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[RFC3458]  E. Burger, E. Candell, C. Eliot, and G. Klyne, "Message 
           Context for Internet Mail", RFC 3458, January 2003.

[RFC3938]  T. Hansen, "Video-Message Message-Context", RFC 3938, 
           October 2004.

(created 08 August 2002)

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