Plugin charset_alias

[MRob]

On 2018-03-02 09:57, Teemu Huovila wrote:
> On 02.03.2018 09:38, MRob wrote:
>> On 2018-03-01 22:59, John Woods wrote:
>>> Hey Everyone,
>>> 
>>>     We are getting a compile error for Dovecot 2.2.34 on Solaris 11.3
>>> x86, using Solaris Studio 12.6 compiler, and it doesn't occur with
>>> Dovecot 2.2.33.
>>> 
>>>> Making all in charset-alias
>> 
>> Can someone easily explain what the usage of this plugin is? Maybe 
>> example when it is helpful?
> There is a short explanation at 
> https://wiki2.dovecot.org/Plugins/CharsetAlias
> 
> It is intended for mapping charactersets to work around some e.g.
> Windows specific letters being lost when Dovecot converts mail to UTF8
> using iconv.

I read that page so I wanted more real life example so I can learn 
should I install this plugin or is it for special use scenario cuz I'm 
not charset expert sorry. Your explain adds little bit more info but not 
enough to know do I need it or not. BTW not your fault-- I didn't ask 
myquestion good enough

If Dovecot has trouble to decode some windows charsets and the plugin 
fixes this problem then why is it a plugin and not built in as a fix?