RFC 6858: Simplified POP and IMAP Downgrading for Internationalized Email
In plain English — editorial summary, not part of the RFC
This document specifies a method for IMAP and POP servers to serve internationalized messages to conventional clients. The specification is simple, easy to implement, and provides only rudimentary results.
Document record
- Document ID
- RFC6858
- Published
- March 2013
- Authors
- A. Gulbrandsen
- Status
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Stream
- IETF
- Area
- app
- Pages
- 6
- Also known as
- —
- Updates:
- RFC 3501
Related documents
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March 2013
- RFC 6855IMAP Support for UTF-8Obsoleted
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- RFC 6851Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) - MOVE ExtensionCurrent
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- RFC 6785Support for Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) Events in SieveCurrent
November 2012
- RFC 6783Mailing Lists and Non-ASCII AddressesCurrent
November 2012
- RFC 6953Protocol to Access White-Space (PAWS) Databases: Use Cases and RequirementsCurrent
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