Editing MIME (section)

===MIME-Version===
The presence of this header field indicates the message is MIME-formatted. The value is typically "1.0". The field appears as follows:
 MIME-Version: 1.0

According to MIME co-creator [[Nathaniel Borenstein]], the version number was introduced to permit changes to the MIME protocol in subsequent versions. However, Borenstein admitted short-comings in the specification that hindered the implementation of this feature: ''"We did not adequately specify how to handle a future MIME version. ... So if you write something that knows 1.0, what should you do if you encounter 2.0 or 1.1? I sort of thought it was obvious but it turned out everyone implemented that in different ways. And the result is that it would be just about impossible for the Internet to ever define a 2.0 or a 1.1."''<ref>{{cite web |title=History of MIME |url=https://www.networkworld.com/article/719139/uc-voip-the-mime-guys-how-two-internet-gurus-changed-e-mail-forever.html |publisher=[[Network World]]|date=February 2011 }}</ref>