RFC - 3676

The Text/Plain Format and DelSp Parameters

Original:	ftp://ftp.isi.edu/in-notes/rfc3676.txt
Authors:	R. Gellens [Qualcomm]
Date:	February 2004
Category:	Proposed Standard

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Obsoletes:
RFC-2646	The Text/Plain Format Parameter (Obsoleted by RFC-3676prop)

Referred by:	0 RFC
Refers to:	11 RFC

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Status

This document specifies an Internet standards track protocol for the Internet community, and requests discussion and suggestions for improvements. Please refer to the current edition of the "Internet Official Protocol Standards" (STD 1) for the standardization state and status of this protocol. Distribution of this memo is unlimited.

Copyright Notice

Copyright (C) The Internet Society (2004). All Rights Reserved.

Abstract

This specification establishes two parameters (Format and DelSP) to be used with the Text/Plain media type. In the presence of these parameters, trailing whitespace is used to indicate flowed lines and a canonical quote indicator is used to indicate quoted lines. This results in an encoding which appears as normal Text/Plain in older implementations, since it is in fact normal Text/Plain, yet provides for superior wrapping/flowing, and quoting.

This document supersedes the one specified in RFC 2646(-> 3676^prop), "The Text/Plain Format Parameter", and adds the DelSp parameter to accommodate languages/coded character sets in which ASCII spaces are not used or appear rarely.

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