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Home 01 Apr 2020 Making multi-language mail work (Part II) Email In the previous installment we looked at the software changes needed for mail servers to handle internationalized mail, generally abbreviated as EAI. When a message arrives, whether ASCII or EAI, mail servers generally drop it into a mailbox and let the user pick it up. The usual ways for mail programs to pick up mail are POP3 and IMAP4. See more ...   posted at: 15:37 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Email/i18neai2.html Making multi-language mail work Email About a year ago I blogged about the IETF's developing internationalized e-mail standards, generally abbreviated as EAI. At the IETF meeting a couple of weeks ago, EAI finally wrapped up its work, finishing a few nitpicky but important documents describing the ways that POP and IMAP servers handle mail with non-ASCII addresses and mailboxes. Now that we have the specs, what happens next? See more ...   posted at: 15:36 :: permanent link to this entry :: 0 comments Stable link is https://jl.ly/Email/i18neai.html

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