Re: [idn] Interactions between short-term and long-term

["D. J. Bernstein" <djb@cr.yp.to>]

Brian W. Spolarich writes:
  [ copying all ACE data to UTF-8 data during a transition ]
> Seems like the nameserver could take care of this automagically

No! It isn't just the DNS server. You're making the same old ACE mistake
of failing to look at all the ways that names are used.

Example: The domain owner will have the ACE franXais.com in his mail
server's configuration files, but he has to start accepting mail for the
UTF-8 franXais.com too.

---Dan