Re: [Imap-protocol] UTF8=ACCEPT and modified utf-7 mailbox names

Good, definitely makes more sense that way. Why enable the extension if
you're not willing to use UTF-8?.


On Mon, Jun 30, 2014 at 2:13 PM, Arnt Gulbrandsen <[email protected]>
wrote:

> On Monday, June 30, 2014 10:23:39 PM CEST, Jamie Nicolson (倪志明) wrote:
>
>> Suppose a server supports RFC 6855 (UTF8=ACCEPT) and the client has
>> ENABLEd it. Is it still permissible for the client to send modified UTF-7
>> encoded mailbox names, or is the client then required to use UTF-8 for
>> mailbox names?
>>
>
> IMO, required to use UTF8...
>
>
>  I'm wondering if the server code should bother running mailbox names
>> through the UTF-7 decoder after UTF-8 mode has been enabled. If the server
>> is going to decode the mailbox names, then the client must continue to
>> escape '&' characters as "&-".
>>
>
> ... because that escaping is not in 6855.
>
> Arnt
>
>

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