RE: IMAP URLs
"Mike Gahrns (Exchange)" <mikega@exchange.microsoft.com> Fri, 18 April 1997 01:17 UTC
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From: "Mike Gahrns (Exchange)" <mikega@exchange.microsoft.com>
To: IMAP Discusson List <imap@cac.washington.edu>, "'Chris Newman (Innosoft)'" <Chris.Newman@innosoft.com>
Subject: RE: IMAP URLs
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*** Comments within > ---------- > From: Chris Newman[SMTP:Chris.Newman@Innosoft.COM] > Sent: Thursday, April 17, 1997 10:12 AM > To: IMAP Discusson List > Subject: IMAP URLs > > So, I'm going to have to do *yet another* revision on the IMAP URL > document. These are the changes which been required or hinted at > before > the IMAP URL document will be allowed to move to proposed standard: > *** No strong feelings either way on 1) and 2) > (3) The proposed process language for URLs > <draft-masinter-url-process-01.txt> currently has text which > recommends > the use of hex-encoded UTF-8 in new URL schemes. This language has > caused > controversy and might be removed. The current IMAP URL spec contains > some > weasel wording in section 9 on this topic. I could take the next > step > and REQUIRE conversion between IMAP's modified UTF-7 and URL > hex-encoded > UTF-8 (were I to do this, I'd probably put a code snippet in an > appendix). > Comments? *** We would prefer to NOT require the conversion from modified UTF-7 to UTF8. This seems to be an unecessary conversion for IMAP clients and servers to go through. > I suspect these changes are signficant enough that another last call > is > merited, so there won't be an IMAP URL standard for a bit longer. > > So is anyone implementing IMAP URLs? *** We are using them for referrals.
- Re: IMAP URLs Chris Newman
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- RE: IMAP URLs Mike Gahrns (Exchange)
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