RFC 5255: Internet Message Access Protocol Internationalization

Internet Message Access Protocol (IMAP) version 4rev1 has basic support for non-ASCII characters in mailbox names and search substrings. It also supports…

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Outgoing relationships (18 related RFCs)

Normative reference — RFC 2119: Key words for use in RFCs to Indicate Requirement Levels
Normative reference — RFC 5234: Augmented BNF for Syntax Specifications: ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 3629: UTF-8, a transformation format of ISO 10646
Normative reference — RFC 2045: Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions (MIME) Part One: Format of Internet Message Bodies
Normative reference — RFC 3501: INTERNET MESSAGE ACCESS PROTOCOL - VERSION 4rev1
Normative reference — RFC 2047: MIME (Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions) Part Three: Message Header Extensions for Non-ASCII Text
Normative reference — RFC 4422: Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL)
Normative reference — RFC 2277: IETF Policy on Character Sets and Languages
Normative reference — RFC 4466: Collected Extensions to IMAP4 ABNF
Normative reference — RFC 4646: Tags for Identifying Languages
Normative reference — RFC 4647: Matching of Language Tags
Normative reference — RFC 4790: Internet Application Protocol Collation Registry
Normative reference — RFC 2342: IMAP4 Namespace
Normative reference — RFC 5051: i;unicode-casemap - Simple Unicode Collation Algorithm
Normative reference — RFC 5256: Internet Message Access Protocol - SORT and THREAD Extensions
Informative reference — RFC 3490: Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Informative reference — RFC 3492: Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for Internationalized Domain Names in Applications (IDNA)
Informative reference — RFC 2231: MIME Parameter Value and Encoded Word Extensions: Character Sets, Languages, and Continuations

Incoming relationships (6 related RFCs)

Normatively referenced by — RFC 5256: Internet Message Access Protocol - SORT and THREAD Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5258: Internet Message Access Protocol version 4 - LIST Command Extensions
Normatively referenced by — RFC 6203: IMAP4 Extension for Fuzzy Search
Normatively referenced by — RFC 5550: The Internet Email to Support Diverse Service Environments (Lemonade) Profile
Normatively referenced by — RFC 8970: IMAP4 Extension: Message Preview Generation
Informatively referenced by — RFC 5259: Internet Message Access Protocol - CONVERT Extension