Overview and Framework for Internationalized Email

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Publisher: IETF
Doc Type: Informational
Pages: 20
Abstract: Full use of electronic mail throughout the world requires that people be able to use their own names, written correctly in their own languages and scripts, as mailbox names in email addresses. This document introduces a series of specifications that define mechanisms and protocol extensions needed to fully support internationalized email addresses. These changes include an SMTP extension and extension of email header syntax to accommodate UTF-8 data. The document set also includes discussion of key assumptions and issues in deploying fully internationalized email. This memo provides information for the Internet community.
Publication Date: 2007-07-01
Status Note: Informational
DOI: 10.17487/RFC4952
Link: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC4952
Author(s): Dr. John C. Klensin
YangWoo Ko
Keyword(s): SMTP

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IETF RFC 5336 [Superseded*]

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INCITS.X3.4.1968 — 1 EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 1652 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2119 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2821 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3490 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3629 [Active*]

Bibliographic Reference(s)

Alvestrand, H. and C. Karp, "An IDNA problem in right-to-left scripts", Work in Progress, October 2006. EXTERNAL
Alvestrand, H., "UTF-8 Mail: Scenarios" , Work in Progress, February 2007. EXTERNAL
IETF, "Domain Keys Identified Mail (dkim)", October 2006, < http://www.ietf.org/ html.charters/dkim-charter.html >. EXTERNAL
Yoneya, Y., Ed. and K. Fujiwara, Ed., "Downgrading mechanism for Internationalized eMail Address (IMA)", Work in Progress, March 2007. EXTERNAL
Newman, C., "POP3 Support for UTF-8" , Work in Progress, January 2007. EXTERNAL
Hoffman, P. and A. Costello, "Internationalizing Mail Addresses in Applications (IMAA)", Work in Progress, October 2003. EXTERNAL
Newman, C., "UTF-8 Delivery and Disposition Notification", Work in Progress, January 2007. EXTERNAL
Resnick, P. and C. Newman, "IMAP Support for UTF-8", Work in Progress, March 2007. EXTERNAL
Yao, J. and J. Yeh, "Internationalized eMail Address (IMA)", Work in Progress, June 2005. EXTERNAL
Yeh, J., "Internationalized Email Headers" , Work in Progress, April 2007. EXTERNAL
Klensin, J., "Internationalization of Email Addresses", Work in Progress, July 2005. EXTERNAL
Klensin, J. and M. Padlipsky, "Unicode Format for Network Interchange", Work in Progress, March 2007. EXTERNAL
Yao, J., Ed. and W. Mao, Ed., "SMTP extension for internationalized email address", Work in Progress, June 2007. EXTERNAL
IETF RFC 2045 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2046 [Active, Amended*]
IETF RFC 2047 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2231 [Active*]
IETF RFC 2368 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 2822 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3028 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3156 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3461 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3464 [Active*]
IETF RFC 3851 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 3987 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4155 [Active*]
IETF RFC 4409 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 4690 [Active*]

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IETF RFC 5335 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5336 [Superseded*]
IETF RFC 5891 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6055 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6068 [Active*]
IETF RFC 6530 [Active*]