ELI5: Explain Like I'm 5

8BITMIME

Okay, imagine you are playing with building blocks. Each block is a letter or symbol that you want to send in an email. But, the person you are sending the email to might not have the same type of blocks as you, so you need to make sure they can understand the message.

That's where 8bitmime comes in! It’s like building a special set of blocks that the other person can read. In this case, the blocks can be eight different colors, or "bits." Each bit can be turned on or off, kind of like a light switch.

By using these eight bits to represent each letter or symbol in the email, the message can be sent to anyone with a computer or phone, even if they use different blocks. This means that the person receiving the email can read it just as easily as you sent it.

So, 8bitmime is a special way of making sure emails can be understood by everyone, no matter what kind of blocks they have.