Each file in this directory is a sample MIME message. For the most part, they are completely MIME-compliant. There are two known spots of non- compliance: 1. A couple of messages have "Content-type: X-be2". This is not quite MIME, but corresponds to the usage of the widely-used Andrew system, and you should probably handle it robustly. 2. A couple of messages don't have "Date" headers, which are required for RFC 822 messages. Other than that, any MIME errors are unintentional and should be reported to nsb@thumper.bellcore.com.