Re: Problems of Internationalized Mail Address eXtensions (IMAX)

Martin Duerst <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.ietf.imaa
Message-ID <4.2.0.58.J.20030228112727.03845bb8@localhost>
At 00:00 03/02/28 +0000, Claus Faerber wrote:

>Someone who does not know the Greek language and can't type Greek
>characters might actually prefer entering xn--mxa (which is Nameprep and
>Punycode of a single alpha); it's even easier than using ISO 14755 for
>longer name components.

Somebody who doesn't know Greek probably doesn't care to type Greek
at all. I guess we should design IMAs so that Greek IMAs work best
for Greeks, and Japanese IMAs work best for Japanese, and so on.
Designing IMAs so that Greek IMAs work best for Japanese and Japanese
IMAs work best for Greeks doesn't make sense.

Regards,    Martin.
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