Hi Scott,

Thanks for the clarifications.

Paul

On Fri, May 9, 2025 at 9:25 AM Hollenbeck, Scott <[email protected]>
wrote:

> Thanks for the comments, Paul. More below...
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> > I did find the use of the "primary" attribute confusing. It seems to be
> defined
> > as "this is really the primary contact, use this instead of the ascii
> primary
> > contact".
>
> [SAH] It's explicitly described in Section 3:
>
> "The <addlEmail:email> element contains an OPTIONAL "primary" attribute
> that can be used to indicate that the extension email address should be
> treated as the primary email address for the extended contact object. "
>
> So yes, if the value of that attribute is TRUE, and the contact contains
> both an ASCII address and an additional address in the extension (which can
> be either an ASCII address or an SMTPUTF8 address), the address in the
> extension is the one that should be considered the primary address for
> contact purposes.
>
> > If no email address is set, and an EPP client tries to add one in
> SMTPUTF8,
> > should an error be thrown? Can this happen or can't the last ASCII email
> > address listed not be deleted?
>
> [SAH] That scenario isn't possible. The email address associated with the
> contact object described in RFC 5733 is REQUIRED. An email address is
> always set, and the address in the base contact object can't be an SMTPUTF8
> address.
>
> > What is the meaning of an email attribute not using the "primary"
> attribute
> > that is in SMTPUTF8? It is not an alternative email to an ASCII email
> address?
> > But then what is it? Or is it an alternative to a combo of (ASCII +
> primary
> > SMTPUTF8) ?
>
> [SAH] If an extension address exists, and isn't marked with
> primary="true", it's a second, alternative address that can be either an
> ASCII address or an SMTPUTF8 address.
>
> > Can one delete an ASCII email so that a SMTPUTF8 email is the only one on
> > record? I understand this is not supposed to happen? Should an error be
> > returned for such a delete attempt ?
>
> [SAH] As noted above, this isn't possible. Any attempt to create a contact
> object, or modify one to remove the email address, will be rejected with an
> error.
>
> Scott
>
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