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In article <1960002@hp-ptp.HP.COM> toddp@hp-ptp.HP.COM (Todd_Poynor) writes:

> However, it's a fairly safe bet that this convention will become rather
> widespread, now that it's recommended by such an influential source.

By no means was did we intend to recommend use of the % hack.  It is
merely mentioned in discussion as a method that has been used in the
past.  However, what you do to your local-part is your business.

To quote the RFC (Section 5.2.6):


         DISCUSSION:
              The intent is to discourage all source routing and to
              abolish explicit source routing for mail delivery within
              the Internet environment.  Source-routing is unnecessary;
              the simple target address "user@domain" should always
              suffice.  This is the result of an explicit architectural
              decision to use universal naming rather than source
              routing for mail.  Thus, SMTP provides end-to-end
              connectivity, and the DNS provides globally-unique,
              location-independent names.  MX records handle the major
              case where source routing might otherwise be needed.
-- 
Eliot Lear
[lear@net.bio.net]