UTF7(3)

NAME

       Encode::Unicode::UTF7 -- UTF-7 encoding

SYNOPSIS

           use Encode qw/encode decode/;
           $utf7 = encode("UTF-7", $utf8);
           $utf8 = decode("UTF-7", $ucs2);

ABSTRACT

       This module implements UTF-7 encoding documented in RFC 2152.  UTF-7,
       as its name suggests, is a 7-bit re-encoded version of UTF-16BE.  It is
       designed to be MTA-safe and expected to be a standard way to exchange
       Unicoded mails via mails.  But with the advent of UTF-8 and 8-bit com-
       pliant MTAs, UTF-7 is hardly ever used.

       UTF-7 was not supported by Encode until version 1.95 because of that.
       But Unicode::String, a module by Gisle Aas which adds Unicode supports
       to non-utf8-savvy perl did support UTF-7, the UTF-7 support was added
       so Encode can supersede Unicode::String 100%.

In Practice

       When you want to encode Unicode for mails and web pages, however, do
       not use UTF-7 unless you are sure your recipients and readers can han-
       dle it.  Very few MUAs and WWW Browsers support these days (only
       Mozilla seems to support one).  For general cases, use UTF-8 for mes-
       sage body and MIME-Header for header instead.

SEE ALSO

       Encode, Encode::Unicode, Unicode::String

       RFC 2781 <http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2152.txt>

perl v5.8.6                       2001-09-21          Encode::Unicode::UTF7(3)