re: UTF8 IMAP URLs from Mark Crispin on 1997-04-30 (uri@w3.org from April 1997)

From: Mark Crispin <MRC@Panda.COM>
Date: Wed, 30 Apr 1997 11:15:38 -0700 (PDT)
To: Chris Newman <Chris.Newman@innosoft.com>
cc: IMAP Discusson List <imap@cac.washington.edu>, IETF URI list <uri@bunyip.com>
Message-ID: <MailManager.862424138.8577.mrc@Ikkoku-Kan.Panda.COM>

> So, given that public domain code now exists to do it, would there be
> any strong objections to replacing the current weasel wording in the IMAP
> URL draft with a rule that IMAP URLs MUST use UTF-8?

IMHO, this is absolutely the right thing, and matches the concensus that I had
with Martin Duerst at Tsukuba.

I agree that trying to support modified UTF-7 in URLs causes more trouble than
it saves.

Received on Wednesday, 30 April 1997 15:52:34 UTC