Re: FYI: BOF on Internationalized Email Addresses (IEA)

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Keith Moore writes:
> I suspect it would much more useful if people tried to characterize 
> what they and their cohorts want, rather than trying to characterize 
> what some other group wants.

I can't disagree with that. So:

Me, I want dependable addresses that can be stored well in databases 
such as address books. That implies, most importantly:

  - I can find out, easily and with certainty, whether two addresses are 
the same
  - the standard is simple enough that it's correctly implemented
  - there is a test suite to help implementers
  - the standard is widely adopted (no qmails/Chinas going off on their own)
  - the standard is usable in most of the world, so it's not superseded quickly

(I will regrettably not be able to come to Minneapolis.)

--Arnt