In <20030115141509(_dot_)249e6d96(_dot_)moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu>
Keith Moore <moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu> writes:
maybe we can agree on some basic constraints for gatewaying news into mail?
e.g.
1. until the mail spec is revised (which is to say, not in the near
future) no unencoded non-ascii characters are permitted in the message
header.
They should not be seen in email. That is not to say that they will not be
seen in Netnews.
2. 2047-style encoded-words are only permitted for text that is intended
for human consumption - it is not permitted to use 2047 for machine-readable
protocol elements.
Agreed.
3. for other usenet message header protocol elements which need to
contain non-ascii characters (e.g. newsgroup names) usefor (or its
successor) is encouraged to investigate the suitability of using the idna
encoding.
The view of Usefor is that IDNA is not suitable. It has, however, proposed
another encoding for the limited cases where it will be necessary (notably
when communicating with moderators).
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