Subject: Re: [EAI] CONSENSUS CALL: Removal of Header-Format: marker

From: "YAO Jiankang" <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 Jan 2007 14:36:05 +0800

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From: "Harald Tveit Alvestrand" <[email-masked]>
To: <[email-masked]>
Sent: Friday, January 26, 2007 6:13 PM
Subject: [EAI] CONSENSUS CALL: Removal of Header-Format: marker

> The discussion of whether or not we need a header marker for marking 
> UTF8SMTP messages that actually use UTF-8 characters has reached a point 
> where it seems that no new technical information is being provided.
> 
> At this point, the chairs wish to see if the group is near a possible 
> consensus on the issue.
> 
> PROPOSED RESOLUTOIN:
> 
> There is no significant operational or implementation benefit in having a 
> marker in the headers of UTF8SMTP messages, and significant additional 
> complexity. Therefore, the proposed "Header-Type" section, 
> draft-ietf-eai-utf8headers-02 section 5, will be removed.
> 
> Note that this is not a call on the proposal to have a similar marker in 
> the SMTP protocol; that's a separate issue.
> 
> POSSIBLE RESPONSES:
> 
> 1. I agree with this resolution

I agree.

Today it is  routine that many MTAs scan 
every message for spam, virus or other reasons. It seems that few MTAs depend on  "Header-Type" fields or marker to decide the message's type.
The better choice is to rely on scanning the message to decide the message's type: UTF8SMTP or ASCII,  instead of  the  "Header-Type" fields or marker.

YAO Jiankang
CNNIC

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