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urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) writes:
[I write]
>> There is no need to remove periods, dashes, or spaces from the user name.
>> 
>However, be sure to _quote_ names with spaces, as in
>	"andy user"@genie.geis.com
>or you may be in for a surprise. 

No GEnie addresses contain spaces, only letters, numbers, dashes, and
periods.  I mentioned spaces because AOL prefers the spaces not be there
on receipt from the Internet.  Probably for the same reason you mention
below.  (I learned something new today)

>NB: If your mailer doesn't parse those addresses correctly, you may be in
>for a surprise anyway. What's more, since there may still be difficulties
>with names like these because of UUCP-rmail links, support for an alternate
>scheme such as RFC 1137 might make sense.

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