IMAP Support for UTF-8
RFC 5738
Document | Type |
RFC - Experimental
(March 2010; Errata)
Obsoleted by RFC 6855
Updates RFC 3501
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Last updated | 2015-10-14 | ||
Stream | IETF | ||
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Stream | WG state | WG Document | |
Document shepherd | No shepherd assigned | ||
IESG | IESG state | RFC 5738 (Experimental) | |
Consensus Boilerplate | Unknown | ||
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Responsible AD | Alexey Melnikov | ||
Send notices to | (None) |
Network Working Group P. Resnick Request for Comments: 5738 Qualcomm Incorporated Updates: 3501 C. Newman Category: Experimental Sun Microsystems March 2010 IMAP Support for UTF-8 Abstract This specification extends the Internet Message Access Protocol version 4rev1 (IMAP4rev1) to support UTF-8 encoded international characters in user names, mail addresses, and message headers. Status of This Memo This document is not an Internet Standards Track specification; it is published for examination, experimental implementation, and evaluation. This document defines an Experimental Protocol for the Internet community. This document is a product of the Internet Engineering Task Force (IETF). It represents the consensus of the IETF community. It has received public review and has been approved for publication by the Internet Engineering Steering Group (IESG). Not all documents approved by the IESG are a candidate for any level of Internet Standard; see Section 2 of RFC 5741. Information about the current status of this document, any errata, and how to provide feedback on it may be obtained at http://www.rfc-editor.org/info/rfc5738. Copyright Notice Copyright (c) 2010 IETF Trust and the persons identified as the document authors. All rights reserved. This document is subject to BCP 78 and the IETF Trust's Legal Provisions Relating to IETF Documents (http://trustee.ietf.org/license-info) in effect on the date of publication of this document. Please review these documents carefully, as they describe your rights and restrictions with respect to this document. Code Components extracted from this document must include Simplified BSD License text as described in Section 4.e of the Trust Legal Provisions and are provided without warranty as described in the Simplified BSD License. Resnick & Newman Experimental [Page 1] RFC 5738 IMAP Support for UTF-8 March 2010 This document may contain material from IETF Documents or IETF Contributions published or made publicly available before November 10, 2008. The person(s) controlling the copyright in some of this material may not have granted the IETF Trust the right to allow modifications of such material outside the IETF Standards Process. Without obtaining an adequate license from the person(s) controlling the copyright in such materials, this document may not be modified outside the IETF Standards Process, and derivative works of it may not be created outside the IETF Standards Process, except to format it for publication as an RFC or to translate it into languages other than English. Table of Contents 1. Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 2. Conventions Used in This Document . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3. UTF8=ACCEPT IMAP Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.1. IMAP UTF-8 Quoted Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 3.2. UTF8 Parameter to SELECT and EXAMINE . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.3. UTF-8 LIST and LSUB Responses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 3.4. UTF-8 Interaction with IMAP4 LIST Command Extensions . . . 6 3.4.1. UTF8 and UTF8ONLY LIST Selection Options . . . . . . . 6 3.4.2. UTF8 LIST Return Option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 4. UTF8=APPEND Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 5. UTF8=USER Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 6. UTF8=ALL Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 7. UTF8=ONLY Capability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 8. Up-Conversion Server Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 9. Issues with UTF-8 Header Mailstore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 10. IANA Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 11. Security Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12. References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12.1. Normative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 12.2. Informative References . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Appendix A. Design Rationale . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Appendix B. Examples Demonstrating Relationships between UTF8= Capabilities . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Appendix C. Acknowledgments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Resnick & Newman Experimental [Page 2] RFC 5738 IMAP Support for UTF-8 March 2010 1. Introduction This specification extends IMAP4rev1 [RFC3501] to permit UTF-8Show full document text