TRANSFER ENCODINGS The RFC "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures" [RFC2048] establishs a list of "Transfer Encoding" names. The IANA registry of these codes is listed here. Transfer Encoding Name Reference ---- ----------------------------------------------------- --------- (1) 7bit [RFC2048] (2) 8bit [RFC2048] (3) binary [RFC2048] (4) quoted-printable [RFC2048] (5) base64 [RFC2048] REFERENCES [RFC2048] Freed, N., J. Klensin, and J. Postel, "Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part Four: Registration Procedures", RFC 2048, Innosoft, MCI, ISI, November 1996. PEOPLE []