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RFC 5721: POP3 Support for UTF-8

This RFC has been replaced. Do not implement against it for new work — it was formally obsoleted by RFC 6856.

Current version: RFC 6856 — Post Office Protocol Version 3 (POP3) Support for UTF-8

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This specification extends the Post Office Protocol version 3 (POP3) to support un-encoded international characters in user names, passwords, mail addresses, message headers, and protocol-level textual error strings. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community.

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Document ID
RFC5721
Published
February 2010
Authors
R. Gellens; C. Newman
Status
EXPERIMENTAL
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
13
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Obsoleted by:
RFC 6856

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