+1 for the group+groupn...@hostname, or group.groupn...@hostname On Tue, Apr 6, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Brion Vibber <br...@status.net> wrote:
> On 04/06/2010 10:47 AM, Eric Helgeson wrote: > > Is there a limit on chars it can contain? > > Why not: > !gr...@site.com <%21gr...@site.com> or > #...@site.com <%23...@site.com> > > Seems more natural but may be a tech limitation I'm not aware of. > > > As far as I can tell from > http://code.google.com/p/webfinger/wiki/WebFingerProtocol the address > should simply be validated/normalized as an email address, in which case # > and ! should indeed be valid chars for use in the local part of the address. > > Might be problems with #...@site.com in particular... may need to make > sure we consistently manage escaping going to/from acct: URLs. > > > return parse_url('acct:!...@site.com <acct:%21...@site.com>'); > array ( > 'scheme' => 'acct', > 'path' => '!...@site.com', # good > ) > > > return parse_url('acct:#...@site.com'); > array ( > 'scheme' => 'acct', > 'fragment' => 't...@site.com', # bad! > ) > > -- brion > > _______________________________________________ > StatusNet-dev mailing list > StatusNet-dev@lists.status.net > http://lists.status.net/mailman/listinfo/statusnet-dev > -- Everyone Loves Tea http://www.everyonelovestea.com
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