[UA-EAI] EAI Phases

[John Levine]

> "handling" a mailbox as in IMAP?

Right, and allowing Unicode in the configuration for your own address(es). 
Like I said, it seems unlikely that someone would do the work to handle 
remote EAI addresses in an MUA and not also handle local.

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> From: UA-EAI <ua-eai-bounces at icann.org> On Behalf Of John Levine
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> In article <81E28CE4-49EE-47D9-AF35-A7A350DDFA45 at apple.com> you write:
>> Does this distinction make sense for MUA’s?
>
> Hypothetically I could imagine it, but I would be pretty surprised to find a standalone MUA which handled EAI mail to and from other people without also handling an EAI mailbox.
>
> Webmail is different.  Gmail and Hotmail/Outlook both are phase 1 at this point.
>
> R's,
> John
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>>> 6 авг. 2018 г., в 11:45 ДП, Don Hollander <don.hollander at icann.org> написал(а):
>>>
>>> Evan:
>>>
>>> Further to your report, please note that we have started talking
>>> about two different ‘phases’ of
>> EAI Readiness for software.
>>>
>>> Being able to ‘Send To’ and ‘Receive From’ EAI addresses is considered Phase 1 EAI Ready.
>>>
>>> Being able to ‘Host’ an EAI Address is considered Phase 2 EAI Ready.
>>>
>>> We need to be clear in the evaluation results (and the process).  An
>>> application that is Phase 1 EAI
>> Ready is indeed an achievement and we want to note that.
>>>
>>> An application that is also Phase 2 EAI Ready is a splendid
>>> achievement, but there are far fewer
>> services or software that claim to support this.
>>>
>>> I would be surprised if an application is Phase 2 EAI ready and not
>>> Phase 1 EAI Ready, but I suppose
>> that’s possible.
>>>
>>> D
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>>>
>>>
>>> Don Hollander
>>> Secretary General – UASG
>>> Skype: Don_Hollander
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