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On 2025-04-25 04:25, VanguardLH wrote:
> With Firefox configured to show punycode, copying the following IDN
> (using UTF-8) in Firefox's address bar:
> 
> https://аррӏе.com
> 
> (assuming my NNTP client switches from ASCII to UTF-8 for message format
> on detecting non-ASCII char in the above string, so you can copy it)
> 
> will show the look-alike apple.com domain in the address bar, and also a
> drop-down box showing:
> 
> https://xn--80ak6aa92e.com
> 
> With Firefox, you get full fidelity of the URL.  You see both the IDN
> and punycode versions.

I don't. I get "https://www.аррӏе.com/".

> 
> Since Tbird supports UTF-8 in messages, you might not see the punycode
> version for an IDN in an e-mail body.  But if you click on the IDN URL,
> Firefox will show both IDN and punycode versions.


You also said:

> Could be when clicking on a hyperlink in an e-mail that the IDN has
> already been converted to punycode, so that's all you see in the address
> bar in Firefox.  Instead copy the IDN string in the e-mail, and paste
> into Firefox's address bar.

Nope. No difference.


-- 
Cheers, Carlos.