[UA-discuss] Would this be in scope or not?

[Ram Mohan]

> It's not clear to me that ICANN could drive a standard handling of
mailbox names, I think that would be quixotic.  Then again maybe tackling
mailbox names isn't necessary, maybe all we really need to do is get
clients to work with an expanded definition of what a mailbox name is.
(Lurking in me is the thought of "variants" and how they might cause
trouble in mailbox names if there's no canonical form as defined in IDNA
2008 for domain

[[Ram]] The goal would not be for ICANN to drive either the standard or
adoption. Instead, the goal would be for ICANN to help improve awareness
of the problem space, and then provide a coordination function so
appropriate parties can determine solution sets for the defined problems.