For the record, I was certainly not familiar with these issues to the depths that Sergei has explained them. I shall investigating a little further and adding these notes to our docs, thanks!
> attractive. I > JS> mean what are people paying money for? > > JS> Still think we will lose 90% of our registrants if something real > JS> doesn't happen. > Well, as i remember, it work seamless if you have installed > client from i-DNS, i believe that even hyperlinks must work. > Again, it works only for those who know about that client, and > you or someone else must tell them about this client... These are the issues that I want to investigate before adding new information to the docs. Thanks, Ken > > -- > Best regards, > Sergei Kolodka > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > JS> Still think that Verisign should be convinced not to charge until they > JS> actually work so that Tucows won't have to either. > > JS> A million thanks Sergei. > > JS> John R. Spohr > JS> I.S. International, Inc. > JS> Tokyo, Japan > > JS> -----Original Message----- > JS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sergei Kolodka > JS> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:40 AM > JS> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JS> Subject: Re[4]: Multilingual domains > > JS> Hello Ken, > > > KJ>> That will depend on whether the DNS is set up with a hostname (www) > JS> or not, > KJ>> wouldn't it? > > JS> No, it is not. > > JS> Let's say we have domain in chinese whatever-in-chinese.com, > JS> it's UTF8 representation (HJ5kj5kj5.com) and RACE > JS> encoded representation (bq-xxx.com). > > JS> When multilingual domain entered to IE5 _without_ > JS> protocol part (whatever-in-chinese.com, without http://) > JS> Explorer send UTF8-encoded domain (HJ5kj5kj5.com) to > JS> auto.search.msn.com and then correct (bq-xxx.mltbd.com) > JS> address came back to browser from microsoft's > JS> search engine together with redirect to bq-xxx.mltbd.com. > JS> So multilingual address work and we can reach > JS> requested page. > > JS> If multilingual domain entered _with_ protocol part of > JS> URL (http://whatever-in-chinese.com), address treated > JS> as usual domain and explorer tries to do search for > JS> UTF8 representation of this domain (HJ5kj5kj5.com.com) > JS> in real DNS database, can't find it there and fail with > JS> DNS error message. > > > JS> -- > JS> Best regards, > JS> Sergei Kolodka > JS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > KJ>> ie. > > KJ>> multilingual.mltbd.com IN A IP.ADD.RE.SS > > KJ>> vs. > > KJ>> www.multilingual.mltbd.com IN A IP.ADD.RE.SS > > KJ>> Ken > > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sergei Kolodka > >>> Sent: Tuesday, March 05, 2002 10:40 AM > >>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> Subject: Re[2]: Multilingual domains > >>> > >>> > >>> Hello Ken, > >>> > >>> > >>> KJ> Once that's done, web surfers with IE 5 or greater who enter > JS> native > >>> KJ> characters into the URL window and hit 'enter' will be taken > >>> to the site > >>> KJ> specified in the DNS> > >>> > >>> > >>> Just one addition (it's very common mistake > >>> between our multilingual domains users). > >>> > >>> You MUST enter in browser something like > >>> www.multilingual.com or multilingual.com. > >>> but NOT http://multilingual.com or > >>> http://www.multilingual.com. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Best regards, > >>> Sergei Kolodka > >>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>> > > > JS> -----Original Message----- > JS> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JS> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Sergei Kolodka > JS> Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 1:52 AM > JS> To: Ken Joy > JS> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > JS> Subject: Re[2]: Multilingual domains > > JS> Hello, > > JS> Try www.$B%H%J!<(B.com - WITHOUT leading http:// > > JS> Multilinguals work only this way and only in >= IE5. > > JS> And you can't click on link, because you need to > JS> use http:// in URL or browser will treat URL as > JS> local link. > > JS> -- > JS> Best regards, > JS> Sergei Kolodka > JS> [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > >>> I have just tried this again from all of the above 98J IE5 does not > >>> Resolve, Win2000ServerJ IE5.5 does not resolve, WinXPJ IE6 does > JS> not > >>> resolve and when you type http://www.$B%H%J!<(B.com$B!!(Binto any > JS> of > KJ>> the above > >>> browsers and combinations they do not work or resolve. It also does > JS> not > >>> work by clicking on the above links. >
