[EAI] INTERMEDIATE POLL RESULTS on the "what MIME type" question

[Harald Alvestrand <harald at alvestrand.no>]

This is an intermediate poll result report. The poll closes on Friday, 
12:00 GMT.
Apart from my opinion, all of the opinions listed below have been posted 
to the list. Not all respondents responded to all questions.

This is a chance to comment on the reporting format, and to check for 
errors.
We will draw no conclusions before Friday's deadline has passed.

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.
  Kari Hurtta (very slight preference)
  Charles Lindsey
B: Yes.
  Harald Alvestrand
  Chris Newman
  John Klensin
  Yangwoo Ko
  Martin Duerst
  Kazunori Fujiwara
  Mao Wei
  Randall Gellens
  Yao Jiankang
  Tony Hansen
  Jaeyoun Kim
  Abel Yang
C: I have another opinion, which is....

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.
  Harald Alvestrand
  Chris Newman
  John Klensin
  Yangwoo Ko
  Martin Duerst
  Kazunori Fujiwara
  Mao Wei
  Randall Gellens
  Yao Jiankang
  Tony Hansen
  Jaeyoun Kim
  Abel Yang
B: No, that should not be allowed.
C: I have another opinion, which is....
  Kari Hurtta
  Charles Lindsey

QUESTION 3: Should the new type be a subtype of Message/?

A: Yes
  Harald Alvestrand
  Chris Newman (slight preference)
  John Klensin
  Yangwoo Ko
  Martin Duerst
  Kazunori Fujiwara
  Mao Wei
  Randall Gellens
  Tony Hansen
  Abel Yang
B: No, it should be application/something
C: I have another opinion, which is....
  Kari Hurtta
  Charles Lindsey

QUESTION 4: What should the new MIME type be called?

On this question, people tended to list "good" and "bad" names, with 
some left unmentioned. This is reflected in the reporting format; 
however, this format loses distinctions present in the original 
responses, such as preferences between the "good" types.

A: Message/utf8smtp
  Good: Martin Duerst, Kazunori Fujiwara, Charles Lindsey, Abel Yang
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin
B: Message/i18n
  Good: Yangwoo Ko, Yao Jiankang, Tony Hansen
  Bad: Martin Duerst
C: Message/international
  Good: Chris Newman, Yangwoo Ko, Mao Wei, Randall Gellens, Tony Hansen,
       Jaeyoun Kim
  Bad: Martin Duerst
D: Message/global
  Good: Mao Wei, Randall Gellens, Yao Jiankang, Tony Hansen,
        Jaeyoun Kim
  Bad: Martin Duerst
E: Message/rfcxxxx (to be assigned)
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin, Martin Duerst
F: Message/rfc822 (consistent with an "A" answer on question 1)
  Good: Kari Hurtta
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin, Martin Duerst
G: Message/utf8
  Good: Chris Newman, Abel Yang
  Bad: John Klensin, Martin Duerst
H: Message/rfc822u
  Good: Martin Duerst
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin
I: Message/mail
  Good: John Klensin, Martin Duerst, Randall Gellens
J: Message/i18n-email
  Good: Yangwoo Ko, Martin Duerst, Charles Lindsey, Yao Jiankang
K: Message/eai
  Good: Yangwoo Ko, Martin Duerst, Kazunori Fujiwara, Tony Hansen,
        Abel Yang
L: Message/smtp
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin, Martin Duerst
M: Message/smtp8
  Good: Martin Duerst
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin
N: Message/utf8eai
  Good: Martin Duerst, Kari Hurtta, Yao Jiankang, Abel Yang
O: Message/utf8-headers
  Good: Martin Duerst, Charles Lindsey
  Bad: Chris Newman, John Klensin
P: Message/utf8-email
  Good: Martin Duerst, Kari Hurtta, Jaeyoun Kim
Q: Message/ima
  Good: Yangwoo Ko, Martin Duerst
R: Message/intl-email
  Good: Martin Duerst, Mao Wei, Charles Lindsey
S: I have another opinion, which is....
  Kari Hurtta (application/utf8-email, message-eai-email,
               application/eai-email)
  Yao Jiankang (message/i-address)




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