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

摘要

A method, implemented on an apparatus, of transporting an electronic mail message which designates an addressee by a multilingual e-mail address (MLEA). The MLEA is associated with an encoding type. The method includes receiving the MLEA; detecting 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. The conversion from the MLEA to the ACEEA is performed by one of a end user personal computer, a web-based mail server, a mail server, and a LDAP server.