Re: A Question

[Richard Kettlewell <]

>(Richard excluded from Cc-list as requested ;-)

Thanks l-)

>+ - space or tab in localpart;
>
>Aha, the space-rule could filter out legal mail coming from for example 
>X.400 systems ;-). RFC822 also doesn't object to spaces in the local part, 
>provided the string is quoted.

Actually what RFC822 requires is a little more subtle than that.
Examples:-

   fred . bloggs @ domain    (allowed)
   fred bloggs @ domain      (not allowed)
   "fred bloggs" @ domain    (allowed)

Some mailers are stricter about this than others.

ttfn/rjk