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RFC 6855
IMAP Support for UTF-8,March 2013
- File formats:
- Status:
- PROPOSED STANDARD
- Obsoletes:
- RFC 5738
- Obsoleted by:
- RFC 9755
- Authors:
- P. Resnick, Ed.
C. Newman, Ed.
S. Shen, Ed. - Stream:
- IETF
- Source:
- eai (app)
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.17487/RFC6855
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Abstract
This specification extends the Internet Message Access Protocol(IMAP) to support UTF-8 encoded internationalcharacters in user names, mail addresses, and message headers.This specification replaces RFC 5738.
For the definition ofStatus,seeRFC 2026.
For the definition ofStream, seeRFC 8729.