Re: [EAI] POLL: on the "what MIME type" question

[Chris Newman <Chris.Newman at Sun.COM>]

Harald Alvestrand wrote on 6/22/07 8:15 +0200:
> QUESTION 1: Should there be a new MIME type for UTF8SMTP messages when
> carried inside messages in an UTF8SMTP environment?
>
> A: No, message/rfc822 can be used.
> B: Yes.
> C: I have another opinion, which is....

B

> QUESTION 2: Should the same MIME type be used to carry UTF8SMTP messages in
> a SMTP environment (without the UTF8SMTP extension, and without requiring
> the 8BITMIME extension)?
> This implies that it's possible to encode the message.
>
> A: Yes.
> B: No, that should not be allowed.
> C: I have another opinion, which is....

A

> QUESTION 3: Should the new type be a subtype of Message/?
>
> A: Yes
> B: No, it should be application/something
> C: I have another opinion, which is....

Slight preference for A, no objection to B however.

> QUESTION 4: What should the new MIME type be called?
>
> A: Message/utf8smtp
> B: Message/i18n
> C: Message/international
> D: Message/global
> E: Message/rfcxxxx (to be assigned)
> F: Message/rfc822 (consistent with an "A" answer on question 1)
> G: Message/utf8
> H: Message/rfc822u
> I: Message/mail
> J: Message/i18n-email
> K: Message/eai
> L: Message/smtp
> M: Message/smtp8
> N: Message/utf8eai
> O: Message/utf8-headers
> P: Message/utf8-email
> Q: Message/ima
> R: Message/intl-email
> S: I have another opinion, which is....

I consider A, F, L, M, O technically flawed choices because the label is 
misleading.  I aesthetically dislike E, H.
Any other choice would be fine although I don't really like any of them.  If I 
had to choose one, I'd choose C with G a close second.

               - Chris



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