Subject: [EAI] [apps-discuss] draft-ietf-eai-rfc5337bis-dsn-01.txt

From: Shawn Steele <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 16 Dec 2010 20:49:41 +0000

>>   The ability to encode characters with the EmbeddedUnicodeChar
>>   encodings should be viewed as a transitional mechanism.  It is hoped
>>   that as systems lacking support for UTF8SMTP become less common over
>>   time, these encodings can eventually be phased out.

> Transitional mechanisms generally live a long, long time, and this one seems
> likely to me to live at least to the end of my career.

I agree that it could take a long time, however this note seems to me to indicate best practice would be to not use this if not necessary, so I'd leave it in to encourage good behavior moving forward.

-Shawn