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

[Martin Duerst <duerst at it.aoyama.ac.jp>]

At 15:15 07/06/22, Harald Alvestrand wrote:
>This is a poll to determine if there is a WG consensus on the various issues surrounding the MIME type for carrying UTF8SMTP messages.
>
>To reply to the poll, send a message to the list, or to both WG chairs, before JUNE 29, 2007, 12:00 GMT. The chairs will tally the responses and report the results; names of respondents will be included in the tally.
>
>This poll asks questions about the carriage of messages that make use of
>the extensions described in draft-ietf-eai-utf8hdrs, when they are part of another message. In the text below, we call them UTF8SMTP messages, without prejudice to what we end up naming them.
>
>The questions below are not unrelated; the poll is intended to show strong preferences, it is not a replacement for informed debate.
>
>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....

I guess B, although I haven't studied this in full detail.


>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, with same caveat as above.

>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....

A; B might also be acceptable.


>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....

Okay, with most preferred first: K, Q, I, J, N, O, P, A, H, M, R
Bad ideas: B, C, D, E, F, G, L

Regards,   Martin.




#-#-#  Martin J. Du"rst, Assoc. Professor, Aoyama Gakuin University
#-#-#  http://www.sw.it.aoyama.ac.jp       mailto:duerst at it.aoyama.ac.jp     



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