Date: Thu, 19 Dec 1996 15:49:09 +1100 (EST) From: David Nugent <davidn> To: terry@lambert.org (Terry Lambert) Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: 8-bit characters in gecos field Message-ID: <199612190449.UAA29473@freefall.freebsd.org> In-Reply-To: <199612182104.OAA10394@phaeton.artisoft.com> from "Terry Lambert" at Dec 18, 96 02:04:22 pm
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> > I've been entertaining the idea of having pw(8) allow 8-bit > > characters in the passwd GECOS field. It was suggested earlier > > This assumes that it supports the ESMTP extention "8BITMIME"; the > unextended RFC821 (minimal implementation, no RFC1425 "EHLO") > does not allow 8 bit characters. So there is a provision that if you wish to use 8-bit in gecos, you need a MIME mailer. I don't think that's such a big deal. FreeBSD's default mailer (sendmail) supports it, and MIME support is almost mandatory in most non-English speaking countries anyway if you want to use anything other than English. > You might also see problems with POP3 (but not IMAP4). Perhaps our ports can be patched to do q-p translation if they don't already? Most imap2bis servers support MIME in any case. Regards, David
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