
Context labels for Internet Messages

(last updated 2004-10-26)

Registry Name: Internet Message Content Types
Reference: [RFC3458]
Registration Procedures: "Specification Required" by RFC

Registry:
Value                 Description                                            Reference 
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fax-message           Indicates a message whose primary content is a fax     [RFC3458] 
                      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 content is           [RFC3458] 
                      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 content is a page.   [RFC3458]
                      The primary content is text data.  The context is 
                      an urgent message usually of a limited length. 
                                
text-message          Indicates a classic, text-based, Internet message.     [RFC3458] 
                       
video-message         Indicates a message whose primary content is a video   [RFC3938]
                      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 content is a voice   [RFC3458] 
                      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 2002-08-08)

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