Re: [exim] charset of "fail" messages

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Author: Felipe Gasper
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] charset of "fail" messages
On 27 Nov 2015 2:48 PM, Viktor Dukhovni wrote:
> On Fri, Nov 27, 2015 at 02:29:36PM -0500, Felipe Gasper wrote:
>
>>> It appears to me that you, Jason, and I are understanding the
>>> issue and question differently. If Felipe still thinks there is
> [
>>> a problem, some clarification from him might help.
>>>
>>
>> Yes, NDNs, of the variety that Exim sends in response to “fail text "..."”
>> filters, are what my inquiry concerns.
>
> A non-delivery-notification (MIME multipart/report content type
> RFC3462) consists of (up to) three parts:
>
>      1. Required initial free-form body part, this can use UTF-8
>         without any need for EAI.

>
>      2. Required message/delivery-status machine readable part,
>         this requires EAI for non-ASCII content. (RFC3464).

>
>      3. Optional returned message or message headers.  If
>         the returned message has UTF-8 headers, it may need
>         to encapsulated as an EAI message/global

>
> My interpretation of the question was that you wanted UTF-8 in the
> "part 1", body, in which case *in principle* you could have raw
> UTF-8 there, and a "charset=utf-8" attribute for the enclosing MIME
> part, provided that the code that generates bounces (in this case
> in Exim) allows you configure the charset and associated content.


Yes, part 1 is where I want the UTF-8 to go.

I’ve not consulted the RFCs myself. Basically, I want the text after
Exim shows the intended recipient address to be able to be any UTF-8
characters.

-FG