[imp] 8-bit transfer (was: IMP, Outlook and Hotmail)

[Joseph Brennan]

> Read RFC 2822

OK.  Sec 2.1, second para, says

   Note: This standard specifies that messages are made up of characters
   in the US-ASCII range of 1 through 127.  There are other documents,
   specifically the MIME document series [RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2047,
   RFC2048, RFC2049], that extend this standard to allow for values
   outside of that range.  Discussion of those mechanisms is not within
   the scope of this standard.

This is fairly similar wording to sec 1.1, second para, which says

   This standard specifies a syntax only for text messages.  In
   particular, it makes no provision for the transmission of images,
   audio, or other sorts of structured data in electronic mail messages.
   There are several extensions published, such as the MIME document
   series [RFC2045, RFC2046, RFC2049], which describe mechanisms for the
   transmission of such data through electronic mail, either by
   extending the syntax provided here or by structuring such messages to
   conform to this syntax.  Those mechanisms are outside of the scope of
   this standard.


If you read this to say that 8-bit mail is not allowed, is MIME not
allowed either?

Joseph Brennan
Columbia University Information Technology