Re: [idn] IDNs in email message bodies

["Adam M. Costello" <amc@cs.berkeley.edu>]

William Tan <william.tan@i-dns.net> wrote:

> However, I agree that ACE should be 'converted' for display, and
> strictly for display only.  This is analogous from mail clients
> detecting mail / url addresses and hyperlinking it.

I disagree.  I don't think it is analogous.  Hyperlinking the text may
add underlines or color, but it does not change the text itself.

The recipient, looking at the message body, should ideally see the
same thing the sender saw when composing the message body.  If the
message body contains Chinese characters XXX.cn, then that's what
should be displayed.  But if the message body contains ASCII characters
bq--xxx.cn, then that's what should be displayed, because that's what
the sender saw and intended for the recipient to see.

AMC