RFC for retrieving avatar image from email address

问题:

AFAIK there is no RFC or other standard to retrieve an avatar (image/icon) from an email address.

I think this would be a great feature.

One possible solution:

Get avatar via DNS

1. user enters his email address.
2. The domain belonging to this email adress DNS gets asked: Avatar for "[e-mail]"
3. DNS replies: Get image from URL. For example: http://example.com/foo.png

Questions

• Is there already a RFC or other standard?
• Why is there no such standard yet?
• How to get it come true?

I know that Gravatar exists. But AFAIK it is not a standard.

回答1:

Currently there is no RFC for this. To verify you can search the existing RFC's at: https://www.rfc-editor.org/retrieve/

Also, the process to create an RFC is non-trivial. However, if you are ok with an RFC in the experimental or informational category, you could consider the Independent Submission process which is detailed at: https://www.rfc-editor.org/about/independent/