Re: [idn] internationalized email addresses

[ned.freed@innosoft.com]

> On Mon, 8 Jan 2001, Adam M. Costello wrote:

> > It just occurred to me that once people can put Unicode characters into
> > domain names, they'll also want to put them before the @-sign in email
> > addresses.  How is that going to work?
> >
> > I'm not sure it makes sense to try to allow Unicode characters in
> > domain names without simultaneously thinking about how to allow them
> > in the other parts of email addresses and URIs.  Are there other
> > name/address-like things that need to be considered as well?

> Lets see... unix shell accounts, pop accounts, ftp accounts, anonymous ftp
> password. contact management, the list covers almost everything.
> Perhaps it would be better to consider what wouldnt be affected.

> I dont see how breaking things can be avoided... does the username get
> *ACE encoded as well?

It seems premature to consider such details until the solution on the right
hand side of the @ is nailed down. How can we answer the question of whether
or not an ACE is to be used until we know for sure there is an ACE?

				Ned