Text/Plain

Text/plain is the MIME Content Type for plain unformatted text (i.e., plain text).

URLs:

rfc 1341

MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions): Mechanisms for Specifying and Describing the Format of Internet Message Bodies

W3E References:

text/html

The MIME Content Type indicating HTML-formatted text.

Detail:

The MIME Content Type designation tells a client browser the nature of a transferred file. Depending on that designation, the browser will save the file, display it, or invoke a helper application. Text/plain designates plain, unformatted text that requires no special software to render. The default character set is: CONTENT-TYPE=text/plain; charset=us- ASCII.