| Internet media type | text/enriched |
|---|---|
| Type of format | Formatted textformat |
| Standard | RFC 1896 |
Enriched text is aformatted textformat foremail, defined by theIETF in RFC 1896 and associated with thetext/enrichedMIME type which is defined in RFC 1563.
It is "intended to facilitate the wider interoperation of simple enriched text across a wide variety of hardware and software platforms". As of 2012, enriched text remained almost unknown in email traffic, whileHTML email is widely used.[citation needed] Enriched text, or at least the subset of HTML that can be transformed into enriched text, is seen as preferable to full HTML for use with email (mainly because of security considerations).[1][2]
A predecessor of this MIME type was calledtext/richtext in RFC 1341 and RFC 1521. Neither should be confused withRich Text Format (RTF, MIME typetext/rtf orapplication/rtf) which are unrelated specifications, devised byMicrosoft.
A single newline in enriched text is treated as a space. Formatting commands are in the same style asSGML andHTML. They must be balanced and nested.
Enriched text is a supported format ofEmacs,[3]Mutt,[4]Mulberry andNetscape Communicator.
| Code | Output |
|---|---|
<bold>Hello,<italic>world!</italic></bold> | Hello,world! |
<color><param>red</param>Blood</color>is<bold>thicker</bold>than<color><param>blue</param>water</color>.<paraindent><param>left</param><italic>--Well-knownproverb</italic></paraindent> | Blood isthicker thanwater.
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