Author: W B Hacker Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] Valid Chars in Headers of Emails
Philip Hazel wrote:
*snip* (good background info)
>
> Exim has always been "8-bit clean".
>
For which 'transparency' many of us are *most* grateful!
The rest is up to the MUA and skillset of the correspondents.
I may not be able to understand a given language, (my Korean Air frequent-flyer
newsletter, or some HSBC bulletins, for example) anymore than if it arrived
handwritten by snail-mail post in a language I don't command.
But - as with snail-mail post for hundreds of years - if the transport mechanism
at least *attempts* to not alter it, I have a chance of recognizing it for what
it is and finding someone who can translate it if need be.
Note that 'legacy' post offices DO have specialists who are accustomed to
translating many 'foreign' variants of address data - it isn't left to the local
letter-carrier.
