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Re: FW: ban the use and implementation of UTF-7

To: Kari Hurtta <hurtta+gmane@siilo.fmi.fi>
Subject: Re: FW: ban the use and implementation of UTF-7
From: Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>
Date: Fri, 15 Dec 2006 18:00:02 -0500
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> Well, UTF-7 is attractive on mail header fields, because 8-bit is not yet allowed.

for better or worse, RFC 2047 is well-established for mail header 
fields.  UTF-7 would not be worth the disruption it would cause.

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