Re: Regex for email validation

From: Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2008 07:22:25 +0000
Subject: 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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