IMAP Support for UTF-8
draft-ietf-extra-6855bis-04

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Subject: Protocol Action: 'IMAP Support for UTF-8' to Proposed Standard (draft-ietf-extra-6855bis-04.txt)

The IESG has approved the following document:
- 'IMAP Support for UTF-8'
  (draft-ietf-extra-6855bis-04.txt) as Proposed Standard

This document is the product of the Email mailstore and eXtensions To Revise
or Amend Working Group.

The IESG contact persons are Murray Kucherawy and Orie Steele.

A URL of this Internet-Draft is:
https://datatracker.ietf.org/doc/draft-ietf-extra-6855bis/

Ballot Text

Technical Summary

   This specification extends the Internet Message Access Protocol
   (IMAP4rev1, RFC 3501) to support UTF-8 encoded international
   characters in user names, mail addresses, and message headers.  This
   specification replaces RFC 6855.  This specification does not extend
   IMAP4rev2 [RFC9051], since that protocol includes everything in this
   extension.

Working Group Summary

   Nothing unusual.

Document Quality

   The standard libraries for java and python already behave in the way that this
   document specifies, rather than how RFC6855 says they should.  This document actually
   brings the IETF documents into closer alignment with what's happening in the real world.

   No particular additional reviews are warranted.

Personnel

   The Document Shepherd for this document is Bron Gondwana. The
   Responsible Area Director is Murray Kucherawy.

RFC Editor Note