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Article #2737Re: mixed addresses
From: Rick Adams
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1988 22:02
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 1988 22:02
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> You have brought up a nasty. In fact you are highlighting two > of them. Firstly '%' as an address character. IT IS NOT LEGAL RFC822. > It remains around for historical compatibility (RFC7?? --- read the > first page of 822 if you really want to know which). Nonsense. It is perfectly legal under RFC822 (look at the grammar). The fact that you are mucking with the LOCAL-PART, which you are supposed to leave totally alone, is the cause of the problem. Anyone who gives % precedence over ! should fix their mailer. % is NOT a synonym for @. It is a valid part of the local-part of the address and should not be interpreted my any site save the destination machine. --rick
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!seismo!rick From: rick@seismo.CSS.GOV (Rick Adams) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: mixed addresses Summary: nonsense Message-ID: <44378@beno.seismo.CSS.GOV> Date: 18 Jul 88 22:02:39 GMT References: <8807142016.dusip.andrew@stl.stc.co.uk> Organization: Center for Seismic Studies, Arlington, VA Lines: 15