23 Jan
2026
23 Jan
'26
10:57 p.m.
On Fri, 2026-01-23 at 21:08 +0000, Andy Baugh via dovecot wrote:
Is there a reason this isn't enabled by default other than perhaps compatibility with very old systems/clients?
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This is an interesting question. I assume it is still marked experimental for a reason - Aki?
Many people use postfix + lmtp.
postfix has the default for "smtputf8_enable" (i.e. RFC 6531) set to "yes" for quite some time.
For things to run "smoothly", this likley requires LMTP with utf8 support as well.
The options seem to be:
* activate the experimental feature or * live with whatever happens with postfix on and lmtp off or * disable smtputf8 in postfix.
Aki and others - what do you recommend?
thanks for bringing this up Andy.
gene