utf-7 encoding (Re: Howto: 32 bit skype, working with a webcam, on 64 bit Fedora 17)

[Ian Malone]

On 22 October 2012 11:18, Tim <ignored_mailbox at yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> Tim:
>>> Discouraged by who?  It's supposedly *the* answer to email
>
> Ed Greshko:

>> UFT-7 isn't widely used....  But if you want to use it go ahead.
>
> You said it's discouraged.  I've never seen any such comment.  Where do
> you find that advice?
>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTF-7#cite_note-0
http://www.imc.org/imcr-010.html
"It should be noted that the Unicode Standard also defines the UTF-7
charset, which was intended for Internet mail. However, MIME is quite
capable of carrying UTF-8, and UTF-8 is expected to be used in many
protocols, not just Internet mail. Fortunately, very few vendors
implemented UTF-7, and its use is strongly discouraged in Internet
mail."

Essentially it was never a great solution to the problem it was
supposed to address (didn't really beat existing methods, UTF-8 in
MIME generally turned out to be better). Still, whatever reader Marko
is using should be able to handle it, if it is GMail then it's a bug
in that.

-- 
imalone
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