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Author	jamesh
Recipients	jamesh
Date	2009-02-18.05:36:06
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The IMAP4rev1 specification allows for non-ASCII mailbox names using a modified UTF-7 encoding (section 5.1.3 of RFC 2060 or 3501). However, the imaplib routines taking a mailbox name just pass the string straight through without any encoding. It would be useful if Python provided an encoder/decoder for the modified UTF-7 encoding, and optionally if imaplib would perform the encoding and decoding at the appropriate points.

The IMAP4rev1 specification allows for non-ASCII mailbox names using a
modified UTF-7 encoding (section 5.1.3 of RFC 2060 or 3501).  However,
the imaplib routines taking a mailbox name just pass the string straight
through without any encoding.

It would be useful if Python provided an encoder/decoder for the
modified UTF-7 encoding, and optionally if imaplib would perform the
encoding and decoding at the appropriate points.

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Date	User	Action	Args
2009-02-18 05:36:12	jamesh	set	recipients: + jamesh
2009-02-18 05:36:11	jamesh	set	messageid: <[email protected]>
2009-02-18 05:36:08	jamesh	link	issue5305 messages
2009-02-18 05:36:07	jamesh	create