Re: Regex for email validation

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tedd wrote:

> The WG did solve this issue and came up with a way to do that -- the
> current algorithm is called PUNYCODE which allows Unicode code-points
> to appear in a domain name. I know this to be true because I have
> several domains that lie outside the standard ASCII AND they are real
> domains that have real web sites.

That was never in dispute, Tedd - IDNs are well known, certainly around
here. 

> If you have a browser (like Safari) that is capable of showing the
> URL in it's native charset, then you will see the Rx.com in the url.
> If not, then you'll see xn--u2g.com.

I think most browsers will work with IDNs today, possibly with the
exception of MSIE (?)

> Now, email can be sent from that domain, but I have not found an
> application that will send nor receive it. The software has simply
> not caught up with the technology.

Which is weird, to say the least.


/Per Jessen, Zürich


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