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Re: UTF-7 vs. UTF-8 for fallback charset?

2001-12-08 08:18:55

momoi(_at_)netscape(_dot_)com (Katsuhiko Momoi)  wrote on 05.12.01 in 
<3C0E79B9(_dot_)2030507(_at_)netscape(_dot_)com>:

4. There is a bit of problem in Mozilla/Netscape 6 for replying to
messages encoded in UTF-7. The mail compose window lists only standard
(or near-consensus standard) encodings. In replying to a UTF-7 message,
the charset of the reply mail will reflect the original encoding. But
that item (UTF-7) will not be visible on the Compose window encoding
menu because it is not on the default list of the recommended mail-send
encoding. One might say that this is a bug in Mozilla but my feeling is
that we should promote only standard or near standard mail encodings. I
don't believe we should unnecessarily increase send-mail encodings in use.

One possible solution is to list the "standard" encodings and the single  
replied-to encoding.

MfG Kai