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Method of enabling usage of multilingual characters in internet e-mail addresses

  • US 20020120689A1
  • Filed: 02/23/2001
  • Published: 08/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/23/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail (e-mail) message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA), the MLEA being associated with an encoding type, the method comprising:

  • receiving the MLEA;

    detecting the encoding type of the MLEA by at least one of (i) identifying the encoding type in a message header for the e-mail message and (ii) matching the a portion of the multilingual e-mail address to the encoding type of the MLEA;

    converting the MLEA to a corresponding ASCII compatible encoding e-mail address (ACEEA) in accordance with the encoding type of the MLEA; and

    sending the e-mail message with the corresponding ACEEA.

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