[Bug 15489] IDN email addresses should be converted to Punycode before validating them

https://www.w3.org/Bugs/Public/show_bug.cgi?id=15489

--- Comment #14 from Ian 'Hixie' Hickson <ian@hixie.ch> 2012-02-09 19:46:54 UTC ---
Punycode encoders are available off-the-shelf, that's really not a big problem.

You'll need one anyway before you can send mail, since SMTP isn't IDN-aware.

IDN is only a rendering-level/UI-level feature.

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Received on Thursday, 9 February 2012 19:47:00 UTC