At 14:49 02/02/04, Iljitsch van Beijnum wrote:
If if we're going to allow non-latin email addresses, I think the only
reasonable way to do it is by mandating that the latin equivalent must
always accompany the non-latin address. Then only in cases where the
address was typed from paper or some such the latin equivalent is unavailable.
I think we should also explore the possibilities of having numeric-only
email addresses, as this nicely solves the whole mess, be it in a way that
isn't all that pretty to look at.
You create yourself a non existing problem because you use base 10 while
software might like base16. You don't have any problem if you use brainware
base46+1 (0-Z) - the same as the DNS does. Base46+n is what you currently
use on your telephone, TV, radio etc. sets and on most of the user panels
from cars to airplanes. Everyone seems to be able to call from everywhere
to everywhere in the ITU world.