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IETF RFC 6532
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Internationalized Email Headers

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IETF
Doc Type
Standard
Pages
11
Abstract
Internet mail was originally limited to 7-bit ASCII. MIME added support for the use of 8-bit character sets in body parts, and also defined an encoded-word construct so other character sets could be used in certain header field values. However, full internationalization of electronic mail requires additional enhancements to allow the use of Unicode, including characters outside the ASCII repertoire, in mail addresses as well as direct use of Unicode in header fields like "From:", "To:", and "Subject:", without requiring the use of complex encoded-word constructs. This document specifies an enhancement to the Internet Message Format and to MIME that allows use of Unicode in mail addresses and most header field content. This specification updates Section 6.4 of RFC 2045 to eliminate the restriction prohibiting the use of non-identity content-transfer- encodings on subtypes of "message/". [STANDARDS-TRACK]
Publication Date
2012-02-01
Status Note
Proposed Standard
DOI
10.17487/RFC6532
Link
https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6532
Author(s)
Abel Yang
Shawn Steele
Ned Freed
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