> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Paul
> Kyzivat
> Sent: Monday, February 18, 2008 4:07 PM
>
> Joel M. Halpern wrote:
> > Case 1 - No ;user=phone option
> > In the absence of a ;user=phone option, the user part of the SIP URI
> > should be considered an opaque string.  It should not be considered an
> > E.164 number, even if it is formatted as a telephone subscriber number.
> >   I can legitimately use [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a SIP URI.  And
> > if the whitehouse.com deliberate confusion is still active, they could
> > use [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a SIP URI.
> > It is reported that some SIP devices will display the phone number
> > without the domain for such URIs.  That is a UI error, not a protocol
> > error.  The protocol can not make the UI do the right thing.
>
> I agree with you. But common practice is otherwise.

Definitely.  If the user part even smells like an e164, it's treated as one by 
a lot of folks. :(

-hadriel

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