Re: 8-bit text which is supposed to be UTF-8 but isn't

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>> No, case insensitivity should be available on all letters. It is
>> very important for many people. For a protocol
>> to work well it should be implemented using a well defined way like
>> section 2.3 in Unicode technical report #21.
>
>But why do case folding at all? Simply forbid the use of uppercase
>characters.

Because mixed case enhances readability.

>
>> As there is a group working on getting international characters into
>> DNS, you may wait a little and see the results from them. It may
>> affect the Usenet News protocol.
>
>Where is this group?
>
See: http://www.imc.org/idn/

   Dan

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