RFC 4282:The Network Access Identifier
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... authentication request. Please note that the NAI may not necessarily be the same as the user's e-mail address or the user identity submitted in an application layer ...


... requirements for NAIs and e-mail addresses are different, since the former need to be typed in only by the user himself and his own operator, not by others. ...


... is no requirement that the NAI represent a valid email address. ...


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