RE: Case sensitivity on the LHS

["Hollenbeck, Scott" <shollenbeck@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

> If we simplify IMAA to make the LHS case-insensitive, it will 
> probably match the expectations of users better. It would also mean 
> that we could reuse Nameprep instead of using our own Stringprep 
> profile. There are other reasons why this might be good listed in the 
> IMAA document. But to do so would go against the spirit of the 
> standards on which IMAA rests, namely 2821 and 2822 (and 821 and 822 
> before them).
> 
> Purity or modernity?

Modernity.  I agree that case insensitivity will probably match the
expectations of users better.

Is this document intended to be a formal update to 2821 and 2822?  Both
(2821 section 4.1.2 and 2822 section 3.4.1) contain formal definitions of
the local part of an email address.

-Scott-