Re: [idn] Unicode tagging

["Edmon" <edmon@neteka.com>]

> > I am not saying that the IDN group should try to change the email
system.
> >
> > However, an internationalised DNS should be capable of encoding
> > internationalised email addressees ready for the time when email is able
to
> > handle them.  If it can't then email people will have the same problem
in
> > reverse when they design their I18N solution (although I would expect
that
> > email addresses within SOA/RP etc. will be towards the bottom of their
list
> > of problems).
>
> I'm not sure why SOA records should be a big issue in any case.
> If email addresses in SOA records remain in ASCII, this doesn't
> seem like a big problem - since they exist for operational purposes
> (where having globally-usable addresses seems like a huge advantage)
> and they are not normally seen by users.

I cannot agree more...
Perhaps there should be some guidelines as to what records we recommend not
to use extended characters yet, but could gradually be phased in.

>
> Keith