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Asked: 2026-05-16T17:46:14+00:00

This could be rightfully construed as a beginner’s question. Consider the following e-mail header:

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This could be rightfully construed as a beginner’s question.

Consider the following e-mail header:

MIME-Version: 1.0

My Questions:

  • When should you stamp an e-mail with this header?
  • When should you omit this e-mail header?

EDIT: Is it true that whenever you specify a ‘Content Type’ header, no matter what that content type happens to be, that you should also specify ‘MIME-Version’? [This link tipped me off to the possibility.]

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  1. Editorial Team

    According to Wikipedia, you should use the ‘MIME-Version: 1.0’ heading when you’re sending an e-mail that contains one of the following:

    • Text in character sets other than
      ASCII
    • Non-text attachments
    • Message bodies with multiple parts
    • Header information in non-ASCII character
      sets
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