MBOX-Line: From arnt at gulbrandsen.priv.no  Tue Jun 24 12:19:42 2008
To: imap-protocol@u.washington.edu
From: Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no>
Date: Fri Jun  8 12:34:42 2018
Subject: [Imap-protocol] rfc 2231
In-Reply-To: <1214301808.3904.1795.camel@hurina>
References: <1214301808.3904.1795.camel@hurina>
Message-ID: <2hU2bR7D7nsCDHDrI9G6UQ.md5@lochnagar.oryx.com>

Timo Sirainen writes:
> Do other IMAP servers implement RFC 2231 support for BODY/BODYSTRUCTURE?

I implemented it last year, due to practical necessity. I don't remember 
exact details. Something about MUA interoperability and non-ascii 
filenames.

> It's been in my TODO for 5 years and today was the first time anyone
> asked about it. Is it even a good idea to implement it, or why wasn't it
> included in RFC 3501?

IMO it's a good idea to implement it now that someone uses it. 
Personally I hoped that noone would ever use that syntax, and I think 
Mark feels the same way.

Arnt

