TheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agoEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square153linkfedilinkarrow-up1909arrow-down18cross-posted to: lobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
arrow-up1901arrow-down1external-linkEveryone knows what an email address is, right? (Quiz)e-mail.wtfTheBigRoomXXL@leminal.space to Programmer Humor@programming.devEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square153linkfedilinkcross-posted to: lobsters@lemmy.bestiver.se
minus-squareNeatNitlinkfedilinkarrow-up8·2 months agoEmoji domains can be registered using punycode, and you’re right that it’s up to the TLD whether they’re allowed or not. For example: http://📙.la/🐶 📙.la is encoded using punycode to http://📙.la/ 🐶 is URL-encoded to %F0%9F%90%B6 Giving the ‘true’ URL http://📙.la/🐶 which then redirects to https://emojipedia.org/dog-face Emails should generally use @xn--yt8h.la instead of @📙.la for maximum compatibility. I’m not sure if the email spec allows punycode.
Emoji domains can be registered using punycode, and you’re right that it’s up to the TLD whether they’re allowed or not.
For example: http://📙.la/🐶
📙.la is encoded using punycode to http://📙.la/
🐶 is URL-encoded to %F0%9F%90%B6
Giving the ‘true’ URL http://📙.la/🐶 which then redirects to https://emojipedia.org/dog-face
Emails should generally use
@xn--yt8h.lainstead of@📙.lafor maximum compatibility. I’m not sure if the email spec allows punycode.