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Re: [VCARDDAV] Default charset

Simon Perreault <simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> Fri, 05 March 2010 17:28 UTC

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On 2010-02-22 10:24, Peter Saint-Andre wrote:
>> "...MUST accept vCard data in the UTF-8 or US-ASCII charset..."
>>
>>      is the same thing as
>>
>> "...MUST accept vCard data in the UTF-8 charset"
>>
>> ...because any recipient that accepts UTF-8 *by definition* also accepts
>> US-ASCII.
>
> But is it OK to accept vCard data only in the US-ASCII charset?

I think the answer to that is a resounding "NO!"

Simon
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