dovecot - Mar 2018 - Plugin charset_alias

On 02.03.2018 09:38, MRob wrote:
> On 2018-03-01 22:59, John Woods wrote:
>> Hey Everyone,
>>
>> ??? We are getting a compile error for Dovecot 2.2.34 on Solaris 11.3
>> x86, using Solaris Studio 12.6 compiler, and it doesn't occur with
>> Dovecot 2.2.33.
>>
>>> Making all in charset-alias
> 
> Can someone easily explain what the usage of this plugin is? Maybe example
when it is helpful?
There is a short explanation at https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/CharsetAlias

It is intended for mapping charactersets to work around some e.g. Windows
specific letters being lost when Dovecot converts mail to UTF8 using iconv.

br,
Teemu

On 2018-03-02 09:57, Teemu Huovila wrote:
> On 02.03.2018 09:38, MRob wrote:
>> On 2018-03-01 22:59, John Woods wrote:
>>> Hey Everyone,
>>> 
>>> ??? We are getting a compile error for Dovecot 2.2.34 on Solaris
11.3
>>> x86, using Solaris Studio 12.6 compiler, and it doesn't occur
with
>>> Dovecot 2.2.33.
>>> 
>>>> Making all in charset-alias
>> 
>> Can someone easily explain what the usage of this plugin is? Maybe 
>> example when it is helpful?
> There is a short explanation at 
> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/CharsetAlias
> 
> It is intended for mapping charactersets to work around some e.g.
> Windows specific letters being lost when Dovecot converts mail to UTF8
> using iconv.
I read that page so I wanted more real life example so I can learn 
should I install this plugin or is it for special use scenario cuz I'm 
not charset expert sorry. Your explain adds little bit more info but not 
enough to know do I need it or not. BTW not your fault-- I didn't ask 
myquestion good enough

If Dovecot has trouble to decode some windows charsets and the plugin 
fixes this problem then why is it a plugin and not built in as a fix?

Hello

On 05.03.2018 23:46, MRob wrote:
> On 2018-03-02 09:57, Teemu Huovila wrote:
>> On 02.03.2018 09:38, MRob wrote:
>>> On 2018-03-01 22:59, John Woods wrote:
>>>> Hey Everyone,
>>>>
>>>> ??? We are getting a compile error for Dovecot 2.2.34 on
Solaris 11.3
>>>> x86, using Solaris Studio 12.6 compiler, and it doesn't
occur with
>>>> Dovecot 2.2.33.
>>>>
>>>>> Making all in charset-alias
>>>
>>> Can someone easily explain what the usage of this plugin is? Maybe
example when it is helpful?
>> There is a short explanation at
https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/CharsetAlias
>>
>> It is intended for mapping charactersets to work around some e.g.
>> Windows specific letters being lost when Dovecot converts mail to UTF8
>> using iconv.
> 
> I read that page so I wanted more real life example so I can learn should I
install this plugin or is it for special use scenario cuz I'm not charset
expert sorry. Your explain adds little bit more info but not enough to know do I
need it or not. BTW not your fault-- I didn't ask myquestion good enough
> 
> If Dovecot has trouble to decode some windows charsets and the plugin fixes
this problem then why is it a plugin and not built in as a fix?
As mail can in practise contain almost any type of text, either correctly or
incorrectly encoded, taking every possible error condition into account in
"built in" core code is not feasible.

This plugin can be used to work around some issues, but it is not useful for
everybody. For your specific case, it is difficult to judge without knowing your
userbase languages and mail clients in depth. I would say however, that if you
do not know of any issues with mail content encoding, you probably should not
enable this plugin.

br,
Teemu