[db-wg] Internationalized domain names in the data abase?

On Wed, Nov 06, 2019 at 02:46:13PM -0800, Ronald F. Guilmette via db-wg wrote:
> In message <20191106210554.GB5460 at hydra.ck.polsl.pl>, 
> Piotr Strzyzewski <Piotr.Strzyzewski at polsl.pl> wrote:
> 
> >I do not object having properly coded non-ASCII email addresses in the
> >database. 
> 
> First, just to be clear, we are really only discussing the representation
> of domain names within the data base.  Of course, any email address contains
> one of those, but we are specifically -not- discussing the representation
> of the user-ID portion of any email address in the data base.
> 
> Second, it is nice that you are OK with "properly coded non-ASCII" domain
> names in the data base.  So I am I.  That's not the question.  The question
> is how should IDNs be -represented- within the data base.

Properly. As I said. The specification for that is in the relevant RFC.
I do not see any reason for not allowing people to use proper email
addresses.

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Piotr Strzyżewski