Re: UTF-8 over RFC 2047 (Re: Call for Usefor to recharter)

Charles Lindsey wrote:

> [utf-8] plays well with NNTP, and it plays well in the bodies of articles in
> SMTP where 8BITMIME is supported.
The 8ITMIME *extension* is not supported everywhere.  And while utf-8, or
any other 8-bit charset, can be used in the bodies of articles and in
the bodies of MIME message parts. it cannot be used without encoding via
the established RFC 2047/2231 methods in message headers or in MIME entity
headers.