> On 2. 7. 2026., at 23:23, Danjel Jungersen via Postfix-users 
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 
> 
>> On 2 July 2026 22:55:34 CEST, John Levine <[email protected]> wrote:
>> It appears that Danjel Jungersen via Postfix-users <[email protected]> 
>> said:
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>>> -=-=-=-=-=-
>>> 
>>> Hi.
>>> 
>>> We have strange letters here. (æøåÆØÅ).
>> 
>> That's an Internationalized Domain Name (IDN), in the Unicode U-label form.
>> THe encoded A-label equivalent which you can look up in the DNS is 
>> xn--vestskovslbet-knb.dk
>> 
>>> 3E0D010E0084: to=<stefan@vestskovsløbet.dk>, 
>>> relay=mx.simply.com[94.231.106.20]:25, delay=0.88, 
>>> delays=0.46/0.1/0.32/0, dsn=5.6.7, status=bounced (SMTPUTF8 is required, 
>>> but was not offered by host mx.simply.com[94.231.106.20])
>> 
>> His correspondent's mail is misconfigured.  If a mail server is going to
>> handle mail with IDN addresses, it needs to enable the SMTPUTF8 feature
>> which his provider mx.simply.com has not done.  That is their mistake,
>> they have to fix it.
>> 
>> A possible workaround is to send mail to the A-label version of the 
>> address, [email protected] which would not need SMTPUTF8.
>> I poked at the server and it accepted that address.
> 
> 
> Is there a reason why this is not attempted automatically?
> 
> The receiver claims that he receives mail from other people using the IDN 
> version.
> 
> And thank you for your time!
> 
> :-)
> Danjel
>> 
>> R's,
>> John
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Sometimes MUA can do that automatically, f.e. Apple Mail convert IDN to A-label 
when SMTP host does NOT announce SMTPUTF8. For that to work you have to disable 
SMTPUTF8 in Postfix.
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