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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 compliant MTAs, UTF-7 is hardly ever used.

       UTF-7 was not supported by Encode until version 1.95 because of that.  But Uni-
       code::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 Uni-
       code::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 handle it.  Very few MUAs and
       WWW Browsers support these days (only Mozilla seems to support one).  For general
       cases, use UTF-8 for message body and MIME-Header for header instead.

SEE ALSO
       Encode, Encode::Unicode, Unicode::String

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



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