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Re: A Question

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  • From: Richard Kettlewell < >
  • Date: Tue, 17 Feb 98 12:39:33 +0000 (GMT)
>(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
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