RFC 1947 · INFORMATIONAL · 1996
THU · 30 JUL 2026
Greek Character Encoding for Electronic Mail Messages
Overview
RFC 1947, “Greek Character Encoding for Electronic Mail Messages”, is an Informational document published in May 1996 by D. Spinellis. The canonical text is published by the RFC Editor.
Abstract
This document describes a standard encoding for electronic mail [RFC822] containing Greek text and provides implementation guide-lines. This memo provides information for the Internet community. This memo does not specify an Internet standard of any kind.
What “Informational” means
Published for the general information of the community. It does not define an IETF standard and carries no standards-track status.
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