Re: [EAI] I-D Action:draft-yee-eai-pop3-scenarios-00.txt

[Joseph Yee <[e-mail]>]

On 27-Jul-09, at 4:36 AM, Randall Gellens wrote:

> At 5:11 PM -0400 7/6/09, Joseph Yee wrote:
>
>> I think what's more important is to state allowing UTF8 encoded  
>> characters as part of login name & password.
>
> The POP draft says the client knows when UTF8 is permitted in  
> credentials because the server included the USER argument to the  
> UTF8 capability tag.  The client does not have to issue the UTF8  
> command before using UTF8 in authentication (the draft now implies  
> that the client does need to.)

Yes, I misunderstand the pop3 draft before, I will change it in the  
next revision.

>
>> Multiple different credential logins to same mailbox is allowed  
>> now, and I guess no one intended to restrict it because of EAI  
>> environment.
>
> Yes, exactly right.  This is a consideration for sites upgrading to  
> support UTF8, but not specific to POP or IMAP.
>
> -- 
> Randall Gellens
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Joseph