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Re: document status: 3028bis, body, editheader

2006-03-21 10:16:16

Michael Haardt wrote:

2) should 3028bis recommend/require that fileinto map UTF-8 to mUTF-7
   when working with an IMAP store?
Somehow the question does not sound right to me, see below.
  Implementations MAY place restrictions on
  folder names; use of an invalid folder name MAY be treated as an
  error or result in delivery to an implementation-defined folder.
That is a very good path between all alternatives and I like it as it
is.
Should it say more than this in either direction?  I pondered adding
text about mapping UTF-8 to mUTF-7 and a supporting example (the
the open issues entry), but it couldn't find a wording that didn't
feel like one step too far beyond the scope of sieve.

I would appreciate a requirement that says: If the implementation uses
a different unicode encoding scheme than UTF-8 for folder names, it MUST
translate the folder name from UTF-8 to its encoding scheme.
I like that.
UTF-8 to mUTF7 can be given as an informative example.

It would fit into the general picture of Sieve that uses UTF-8 everywhere
and relies on the implementation to convert.