[UA-discuss] interesting to note about emoji in mailbox name.

[Tex]

If UASG were to recommend prohibiting emoji in mailbox names, are we referring strictly to emoji or more generally graphical characters such as wingdings and line drawing characters, etc.?

We need to declare an explicit list of characters that should be avoided.

As the argument against allowing emoji is largely based on confusability, I would recommend the prohibition be worded to say they should be avoided for now until such time as a sensible list of allowed emoji can be provided.
There is sufficient demand that people will want to use certain emoji and the solution would be to allow a list of useful emoji that are not confusable.
For example, a single heart emoji could be allowed so that people (or corporations or other entities) could use I♥NYC without mistaking how to enter or write it or confusing it with other similar looking characters.

More generally, there needs to be a list of the characters that are allowed or disallowed in mailbox names, as that list may need to be different from domain names, and there are characters besides emoji that may be confusable or problematic in mailboxes.

Tex