Email message formats
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This article is a subtopic in a cluster of articles under Email system. We assume the reader understands the parent article, its terminology, and the roles of different Agents in the system. We will use use upper case to highlight words like "Agent" that have a specific definition in this cluster of articles, and lowercase, like "sender" for words whose definition can vary with context.
Message Formats (RFC-5322) Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (RFC-2045..2049) Message Headers (RFC-5322)
[Resnick08] P. Resnick, ed. (2008) "Internet Message Format", RFC-5322, http://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc5322. Authoritative reference on message format, including headers.