I agree with this. You could wave your hands and invent complex ways for programs in the chain to signal back and forth, but that's all effort that would better be spent making software handle EAI directly. On Wed, 17 Jan 2018, Arnt Gulbrandsen wrote:
Don Hollander writes:
When a set of mail applications are bundled under a single umbrella, then the operator can do more - and the Transformation using an existing Alias is possible.
But, if a mail user is using discrete components, then can you reasonably expect them to interact as we suggest transformation?
You can always expect more. You can always demand more. It doesn't necessarily do anyone any good.
This added expectation is IMO bad. EAI is largely aimed at people who have a problem with email addresses in the latin alphabet, and this addition is largely aimed at people who don't. The addition is a loss of focus.
Are we back to square 1' - having eliminated an algorithmic transformation of a non-ascii mailbox name?
Yes.
Arnt
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