RFC 1521:MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensio...
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application data


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... 2.c. An "application" Content-Type value, which can be used to transmit application data or binary data, and hence, among other uses, to implement an electronic mail ...


... active email and other application data may entail several security considerations, which are discussed later ...


... The formal grammar for content-type header fields for application data is given by: application-type := "application" "/" application-subtype ...


... agents are cautioned against giving their systems the power to execute mail-based application data without carefully considering the security implications. While it is ...



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