Hello Michiel!   
      
   10 Jan 13 17:57, you wrote to me:   
      
    MvdV>>> AllowNonAscii 0|1    ??   
    KE>>  You cannot be sereous.   
    MvdV> I am.   
      
    That is a pity.   
      
    KE>>  extended character use in domain names and email addressing.   
    KE>>  Well maybe there is??   
    MvdV> There are about a dozen. Here is a list:   
      
    MvdV> The revised IDNABIS specification (aka IDNA2008):   
      
    MvdV> RFC 5890 [TXT, 53 KB] Internationalized Domain Names for Applications   
    MvdV> (IDNA): Definitions and Document Framework   
      
    MvdV> RFC 5891 [TXT, 38 KB] Internationalized Domain Names in Applications   
    MvdV> (IDNA): Protocol   
      
    MvdV> RFC 5892 [TXT, 183 KB] The Unicode Code Points and Internationalized   
    MvdV> Domain Names for Applications (IDNA)   
      
    MvdV> RFC 5893 [TXT, 38 KB] Right-to-Left Scripts for Internationalized Domain   
    MvdV> Names for Applications (IDNA)   
      
    MvdV> RFC 5894 [TXT, 113 KB] Internationalized Domain Names for Applications   
    MvdV> (IDNA): Background, Explanation, and Rationale   
      
    MvdV> The initial IDNA RFCs (aka IDNA2003):   
      
    MvdV> RFC 3454 [TXT, 136 KB] Preparation of Internationalized Strings   
    MvdV> ("stringprep")   
      
    MvdV> RFC 3490 [TXT, 52 KB] Internationalizing Domain Names in Applications   
      
    MvdV> RFC 3491 [TXT, 12 KB] Nameprep: A Stringprep Profile for   
    MvdV> Internationalized Domain Names   
      
    MvdV> RFC 3492 [TXT, 68 KB] Punycode: A Bootstring encoding of Unicode for   
    MvdV> Internationalized Domain Names in Applications   
      
    MvdV> Informational texts:   
      
    MvdV> RFC 3743 [TXT, 76 KB] Joint Engineering Team (JET) Guidelines for IDN   
    MvdV> Registration and Administration for Chinese, Japanese, and Korean   
      
    MvdV> RFC 4185 [TXT, 52 KB] National and Local Characters for DNS Top Level   
    MvdV> Domain (TLD) Names   
      
    MvdV> RFC 4690 [TXT, 100 KB] Review and Recommendations for Internationalized   
    MvdV> Domain Names   
      
      
    MvdV> More on: http://www.icann.org/en/resources/idn/rfcs   
      
    But have they been implemented in daily DNS use?   
      
    MvdV> You may also want to search for punycode.   
      
    I did come across punycode, I had a quick glance and puked.   
    Or to say it nicely, the remedy is worse that the ailment.   
      
   Kees   
      
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