Regards
   Brian Carpenter

On 24-Jun-20 03:46, Stephen Kent wrote:
> Owen,
>>
>> Being completely pedantic about the RFC5280 text, nowhere in the text does 
>> it say that rfc822name cannot be used for anything but email address. It 
>> does state multiple times that an email address must be represented as an 
>> rfc822name, but places no explicit restrictions on what an rfc822name may 
>> represent. The text as is does not explicitly preclude use of rfc822name for 
>> ACP. This may be the widespread understanding of what RFC5280 means, but its 
>> not strictly what it says…
>>
> Common sense argues against putting something other than an e-mail address in 
> the rfc822namem attribute.
> 
> I expect ADs to use common sense, as well as careful reading of prior RFCs, 
> when making decisions.

Indeed, but that cuts both ways, since running code is our goal. No parser is 
in a position to say that 
rfcself+fd89b714f3db00000200000064000000+area51.resea...@acp.example.com isn't 
an email address.

   Brian

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