MIME ( Multipurpose Internet Mail Extentions )
A protocol for allowing e-mail messages to contain various types of media ( text,audio,video,images,spreadsheets,formatted word-processor documents,executable programs,etc.).An e-mail program is said to be MIME Compliant if it can both send and receive files using MIME.When binary files are sent using the MIME standard they are converted (encoded ) into text for mailing and then decoded by the receiving mailer.If the receiving mailer is not MIME compliant,the file is received in encoded form.If an encoded file is received with Base64 in the header,it is MIME encoded.There are Base64 decoders available separately for various operating systems.For Windows,Wincode will handle decoding offline.