MIME Types
Multimedia Email Extensions (MIME) define the types of media that are used on the Internet. RFC1521 and RFC1522 specify the types and subtypes for MIME. The directory ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/iana/assignments/media-types/ also describes these types. The x- prefix for the content-type
indicates that the extension is not considered a standard type and may change or be defined otherwise by other users.
| Type | Subtype | Typical File Extensions |
|---|---|---|
| text | enriched | |
| html | html htm | |
| plain | txt | |
| tab-separated-values | ||
| richtext | ||
| multipart | alternative | |
| appledouble | ||
| digest | ||
| header-set | ||
| mixed | ||
| parallel | ||
| message | external-body | |
| news | ||
| partial | ||
| rfc822 | ||
| application | activemessage | |
| andrew-inset | ||
| applefile | ||
| atomicmail | ||
| commonground | ||
| cybercash | ||
| dca-rft | ||
| dec-dx | ||
| eshop | ||
| iges | ||
| mac-binhex40 | hqx | |
| macwriteii | ||
| mathematica | ||
| msword | doc | |
| news-message-id | ||
| news-transmission | ||
| octet-stream | tar dump readme bin uu exe | |
| oda | oda | |
| postscript | ps eps ai | |
| remote-printing | ||
| riscos | ||
| rtf | rtf | |
| slate | ||
| wita | ||
| wordperfect5.1 | ||
| x-dvi | dvi | |
| x-pdf | ||
| x-tar | tar | |
| x-tex | tex | |
| x-www-form-urlencoded | ||
| x-www-pgp-request | ||
| x-www-pgp-reply | ||
| x-www-local-exec | ||
| zip | zip | |
| image | gif | gif |
| ief | ief | |
| jpeg | jpeg jpg jpe | |
| rgb | rgb | |
| tiff | tiff tif | |
| xbm | xbm | |
| xpm | xpm | |
| x-xwindowdump | xwd | |
| x-pict | pict | |
| audio | basic | au snd |
| x-aiff | aif aiff aifc | |
| x-wav | wav | |
| video | mpeg | mpeg mpg mpe |
| quicktime | qt mov | |
| x-msvideo | avi | |
| x-sgi-movie | movie |