Alpha Launch – .well-Known/avatar – Feedback Wanted
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Identity Verification
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Email Standards
The Alpha launch of .well-known/avatar is introduced, seeking feedback, and commenters discuss its potential impact, particularly regarding adoption by major email providers.
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BinaryIgor
about 2 months ago
Interesting - I guess the main problem would be that most people do not have their own domains and use something like gmail, outlook or apple for their email; you would need to convince those big players to implement this standard as well; not impossible, but hard!
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