Re: [idn] The report from the design team

[Keith Moore <moore@cs.utk.edu>]

> IMO we should be treating IDNS the same way. We are limiting ourselves by
> an artifical and unreasonable restriction when we demand that all
> proposals must "allow any system anywhere to resolve any internationalized
> domain name." That requirement should be removed from the spec completely.

the requirement might be overstated, but I don't think we can eliminate it
completely.  to put the question in a more practical light: if someone sends 
out mail with a return address that uses an IDN, is it acceptable if the 
recipient cannot reply to that message unless his mail reader and the chain 
of SMTPs between him and the original sender support IDNs?

personally, I don't think so.

Keith