Internationalized eMail Address (IMA)

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Internationalized eMail Address (IMA)
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Background

• Internationalized Domain Names
• Internationalized Email Address
• Followed up from informal IMAA
• Unfortunately, no conclusion then
• draft-lee-jet-ima-00.txt
• Base on Paul Hoffmans IMAA
• Effort by Joint Engineering Team

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SMTP (25)
SMTP (25)
Recipient MTA
Sender MSA
Intermediate MTA(s)
Recipient MDA
Recipient MDA
SMTP (25/586)
IMAP POP
Sender MUA
Sender MUA
Recipient MUA
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xn--vuqp8z4kcuwgm60b_at_ xn--fiqys627cso3b.cn
Recipient MTA
Sender MSA
Intermediate MTA(s)
Recipient MDA
xn--vuqp8z4kcuwgm60b_at_ xn--fiqys627cso3b.cn
Sender MUA
Recipient MUA
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Next Step

• Form a new mailing list
• Or reuse IMAA?
• Prepare for a BoF at IETF 64