Re: [idn] I don't want 8-bit failures in 2011

[D. J. Bernstein]

Rick H Wesson writes:
> your conversation about 8bit SMTP is completely out of scope for this
> list/wg.

If we have UTF-8 IDNs, then they will be transmitted in mail messages,
both in the header (e.g., From lines) and in the body (e.g., responses
from automated mailing-list managers). Many clients send 8-bit text as
is, labelled as 8-bit MIME or not at all. Many MTAs do just-send-8.

It is clearly within the scope of IDN to consider the interoperability
issues here---as illustrated by the Sendmail entry in my list of
upgrades necessary for UTF-8. It is also sensible for us to review the
Quoted-Printable disaster and evaluate its similarity to ACE.

---Dan