[idn] Re: FYI: BOF on Internationalized Email Addresses (IEA)

[Pete Resnick <presnick@qualcomm.com>]

On 10/27/03 at 6:42 PM -0800, Dave Crocker wrote:

> RB> Even though, given IDNA now exists as a proposed standard, the main
> RB> issues relate to the local part, the issue under discussion is that of
> RB> internationalized mail addresses, not just internationalized
> RB> local-parts.
>
> Really?  What work needs to be done, except for local part?  IDNA takes care
> of the right-hand side.

Please review John Klensin's draft before making these kinds of assumptions.

> RB> Restricting the disucssion to local-parts runs the risk of excluding
> RB> other potentially relevent issues.

I agree. Limiting discussion at this point to local-part does not 
take into account some of the possibilities.

pr
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