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+# Copyright (C) 2001-2006 Python Software Foundation
+# Author: Barry Warsaw
+# Contact: email-sig@python.org
+
+"""Base class for MIME specializations."""
+
+__all__ = ['MIMEBase']
+
+from email import message
+
+
+
+class MIMEBase(message.Message):
+ """Base class for MIME specializations."""
+
+ def __init__(self, _maintype, _subtype, **_params):
+ """This constructor adds a Content-Type: and a MIME-Version: header.
+
+ The Content-Type: header is taken from the _maintype and _subtype
+ arguments. Additional parameters for this header are taken from the
+ keyword arguments.
+ """
+ message.Message.__init__(self)
+ ctype = '%s/%s' % (_maintype, _subtype)
+ self.add_header('Content-Type', ctype, **_params)
+ self['MIME-Version'] = '1.0'