Re: [VCARDDAV] [EAI] Internationalized email addresses in vCard 4.0

John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com> Sat, 06 November 2010 18:05 UTC

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From: John C Klensin <klensin@jck.com>
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--On Saturday, 06 November, 2010 12:11 -0400 Simon Perreault
<simon.perreault@viagenie.ca> wrote:

> John C Klensin wrote, on 11/05/2010 06:41 PM:
>> I would
>> strongly suggest that you have a look at the EAI drafts and
>> that you deal with this by replacing the 5322 addr-spec with
>> the EAI equivalent.  Otherwise, you are just going to create
>> trouble for yourselves and your users.
> 
> To be clear, does "the EAI equivalent" stand for uAddr-spec,
> as defined in
> <http://tools.ietf.org/html/draft-ietf-eai-rfc5335bis-03#secti
> on-4.4>?

Yes, with the qualification that, like all WG I-Ds, this is a
moving target and might change before it is approved.  I
wouldn't personally expect that, but you shouldn't take my
belief as a guarantee.

    john