Authors,

Jiankang, thank you for your reply. 

Re: #1, per your reply, no update has been made to "UTF8-quoted".
Re: #3, per your reply, no update has been made to "UTF8-related".
Re: #4, per your reply, no update has been made to "IMAP4rev1/2".


The open questions are now 2 and 5, where:

For #2 re: https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid4029
You wrote:
> Pete and Arnt, what are your views about this errata?



For #5, you wrote:

> My understanding is that "MIME type" is better than "media type" in the 
> document.

We agree with Murray's reply that this is the older name. On IANA's Media Type 
registry (https://www.iana.org/assignments/media-types) is this note:

"[RFC2046] specifies that Media Types (formerly known as MIME types) and Media
Subtypes will be assigned and listed by the IANA."

Thank you.
RFC Editor/ar

> On Feb 27, 2025, at 10:28 PM, Jiankang Yao <ya...@cnnic.cn> wrote:
> 
> 
>  
> From: Alice Russo
> Date: 2025-02-28 00:02
> To: resnick; Jiankang Yao; Arnt Gulbrandsen
> CC: Murray S. Kucherawy; Bron Gondwana; extra-ads; extra-chairs; RFC Editor; 
> auth48archive
> Subject: Re: AUTH48: RFC-to-be 9755 <draft-ietf-extra-6855bis-04> for your 
> review
> 
>  
> > On Feb 27, 2025, at 7:59 AM, Alice Russo <aru...@staff.rfc-editor.org> 
> > wrote:
> >
> > Authors,
> >
> > We see that you have re-sent your approvals of the document; however, we 
> > await your reply to these 5 open questions.
> >
> Hi RFC Editor/ar,
> some comments inline below
> 
> 
> 
> > If you have already answered the questions, please forward that mail; we 
> > did not receive it.
> >
> > Re: https://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc9755.html (and other formats)
>  
> >Correction: https://www.rfc-editor.org/authors/rfc9755.html
>  
> >
> > On Feb 9, 2025, rfc-edi...@rfc-editor.org wrote:
> >
> >> 1) <!--[rfced] Regarding the term "UTF8-quoted": We note this term
> >> was also used in RFC 6855, which is the only RFC where this term
> >> has appeared in this form. Does it refer to the ABNF rule
> >> 'utf8-quoted' as defined in RFC 5738 (which is obsolete), or
> >> to another concept? Should it be replaced with 'utf8-quoted'
> >> or should the concept be written in prose?
> >>
> I think that either keeping the current one "UTF8-quoted" or using 
> "utf8-quoted".
> 
> same meaning, no difference. both are ok.
> 
> >> Original:
> >> All IMAP servers that support "UTF8=ACCEPT" SHOULD accept UTF-8 in
> >> mailbox names, and those that also support the Mailbox International
> >> Naming Convention described in RFC 3501, Section 5.1.3, MUST accept
> >> UTF8-quoted mailbox names and convert them to the appropriate
> >> internal format.
> >> -->
> >>
> >>
> >> 2) <!-- [rfced] There is one Verified Technical errata report for RFC 6855:
> >> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid4029
> >> This document contains the old text from Section 3 mentioned in that
> >> report. Please review whether any updates are needed for this document.
> >> -->
> >>
> 
> Thanks for pointing it out.
> I am ok with the suggested text in errata ( 
> https://www.rfc-editor.org/errata/eid4029 )
> new text:
> " Once an IMAP client has enabled UTF-8 support with the "ENABLE
>    UTF8=ACCEPT" command, it MUST NOT issue a "SEARCH" command that
>    contains a charset specification. If an IMAP server receives such a
>    "SEARCH" command in that situation, it SHOULD reject the command with
>    a "BAD" response (due to the conflicting charset labels). This also
>    applies to any IMAP command or extension that includes an optional
>    charset label and associated strings in the command arguments,
>    including the MULTISEARCH extension. For commands with a mandatory
>    charset field, such as SORT and THREAD, servers SHOULD reject charset
>    values other than UTF-8 with a “BAD” response (due to the conflicting 
> 
>    charset labels)."
> 
> 
> old text:
> "Once an IMAP client has enabled UTF-8 support with the "ENABLE
>    UTF8=ACCEPT" command, it MUST NOT issue a "SEARCH" command that
>    contains a charset specification.  If an IMAP server receives such a
>    "SEARCH" command in that situation, it SHOULD reject the command with
>    a "BAD" response (due to the conflicting charset labels).
> 
> "
> 
> Pete and Arnt, what are your views about this errata?
> 
> 
> >>
> >> 3) <!--[rfced] Here, does "UTF8-related" mean related to
> >> the UTF8 data item or related to the UTF-8 character encoding?
> >> If the former, may the sentence be updated as follows?
> >>
> >> Original:
> >> This document removes APPEND's UTF8 data item, making the
> >> UTF8-related syntax compatible with IMAP4rev2 ...
> >>
> >> Perhaps:
> >> This document removes APPEND's UTF8 data item, making the
> >> syntax related to that data item compatible with IMAP4rev2 ...
> >> -->
> >>
> 
> My understanding is that the original one is better.
> 
> 
> >>
> >> 4) <!--[rfced] Please clarify the "/" in "IMAP4rev1/2" here.
> >> Is the intended meaning "and" or "or" or otherwise?
> >> Original:
> >> As of today,
> >> an IMAP client cannot learn whether a particular message was stored
> >> using the UTF8 data item, nor would it be able to trust that
> >> information even if IMAP4rev1/2 were extended to provide that
> >> information.
> >>
> >> Perhaps:
> >> ... even if IMAP4rev1 and 2 were extended to provide that information.
> >> -->
> 
> 
> My understanding is that the original one is better. 
> 
> >>
> >>
> >> 5) <!--[rfced] In general in RFCs, the term "MIME type"
> >> should be "media type". Please review whether these updates
> >> convey the intended meaning.
> >>
> >> a new MIME type -> a new media type
> >>
> >> the MIME structure of a message
> >> -> the media type of the body of a message
> >> -->
> >
> 
> My understanding is that "MIME type" is better than "media type" in the 
> document.
> 
> 
> Thanks 
> Jiankang Yao
> 
> > [#6 has been addressed.]
> > [#7 asked for your review re: inclusive language; no open question.]
> >
> >
> > Thank you.
> > RFC Editor/ar
>  

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