---
name: "mime.charsets.af"
section: "5"
platform: "linux"
package: "af"
version: "2.4.3-3"
release: "Debian 4.0 (Etch)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/mime.charsets.af"
---

# mime.charsets.af(5)

list of character sets which are ASCII supersets

## NAME

mime.charsets - list of character sets which are ASCII supersets

## DESCRIPTION

The  *mime.charsets* file lists MIME character sets which are a superset of *us-ascii,* ie that characters 0 to 255 are the same as in us-ascii. This is true of the *iso-8859-\** character sets which are standardised for use in internet mail.

Af uses this information to determine whether to display the text of a message in a given charset, or to treat it as an unknown type.

Lines in the file which start with a '#' are treated as comments and ignored, as are blank lines.  Each other line lists a character set which is an ASCII superset.

## EXAMPLE

```
# A sample mime.charsets file.
us-ascii
iso-8859-1
iso-8859-2
```

## FILES

$HOME/.mime.charsets user's list of character sets.

- /etc/af/mime.charsets

  global list of character sets for af.

- /etc/mime.charsets,

  - /usr/etc/mime.charsets,

  - /usr/local/etc/mime.charsets

  global lists of character sets for all mailers.

## AUTHOR

Malc Arnold.

## SEE ALSO

[af(1)](/af/1.md), \`\`The Af Reference Manual''.