Re: [approved] From field in ISO-2022-JP

[Koichi Nakatani <nakatani@konica.co.jp>]

Earl Hood wrote:
> The from field:
> 
>   =?iso-2022-jp?B?GyRCPi5AbhsoQg==?= <hisaddress@example.com>
> 
> is converted to the following:
> 
>   &#x5C0F;&#x5DDD;&lt;<a href="mailto:hisaddress@example.com"
>   >hisaddress@example.com</a>&gt;
> 
> [line break added for readability]
> I'm assuming the Unicode values are correct since I cannot read
> Japanese.
> 
> Therefore, the question is, "Should MHonArc::CharEnt replace
> iso2022jp.pl as the default converter for iso-2022-jp data?"
> (I asked the question on the mhonarc-dev list, but since the
> number of subscribers is small, I'll ask on this list.)

Netscape 7, Internet Explorer 5 and 6 are able to display
Unicode character entity references.  Netscape 4.7 is not.
I guess nearly 99% of browsers used by Japanese people can
display them.  Besides, it is not a bad thing to motivate
people to use modern browsers since they don't have to pay 1 yen.
(Social cost of supporting Netscape 4.x is getting larger.)

I think MHonArc::CharEnt should be the default converter.

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