IETF RFC 5255
Internet Message Access Protocol Internationalization
| Organization: | IETF |
| Publication Date: | 1 June 2008 |
| Status: | active |
| Page Count: | 20 |
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Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) version 4rev1 has basic support for non-ASCII characters in mailbox names and search substrings. It also supports non-ASCII message headers and content encoded as specified by Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME). This specification defines a collection of IMAP extensions that improve international support including language negotiation for international error text, translations for namespace prefixes, and comparator negotiation for search, sort, and thread.
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