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Eric Johnson <[log in to unmask]>
Sun, 25 Sep 2011 13:45:17 -0500
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On 9/25/2011 11:21 AM, James Chamier wrote:
> Its not the filename specification (as in *.PDF on a computer) but its
> a MIME description type, which is in two parts.
>
> Such as text/plain or text/html are two example MIME types.  MIME is
> used by email and web systems to determine the type of data coming
> over the connection. Since PDF is an application file format, its
> defined as application/pdf
>
> See here for a list:  http://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types/index.html
>
> Click on application, then click PDF, and you'll be taken to RFC 3778,
> which has more then enough information for anyone sending PDFs over
> email or web. :)
>
> HTH
>
> James
>

James-

Could please say it in words for the non-technical. What I'm
specifically interested in is that some PDF's are fine but these two
were rejected.

Eric Johnson

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