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RFC 6530: Overview and Framework for Internationalized Email

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Full use of electronic mail throughout the world requires that (subject to other constraints) people be able to use close variations on 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 document is a replacement for RFC 4952; it reflects additional issues identified since that document was published. [STANDARDS-TRACK]

Document record

Document ID
RFC6530
Published
February 2012
Authors
J. Klensin; Y. Ko
Status
PROPOSED STANDARD
Stream
IETF
Area
app
Pages
26
Also known as
—
Obsoletes:
RFC 4952, RFC 5504, RFC 5825

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This document is one revision in a chain of 4 RFCs, each formally replacing the one before it.

  1. RFC 4952 (2007)
  2. RFC 5504 (2009)
  3. RFC 5825 (2010)
  4. RFC 6530 (2012)

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