[Raw Msg Headers][Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index]

Re: Double .. in mail address



On 27-May-99 at 19:07, David L. Potter (potter@chebucto.ns.ca) wrote:

> > Error in "To" header address:
> >
> >         partofname..moreofname@ns.sympatico.ca
> >                    ^-expected word
> 
> Is this (big, bad TelCo) ISP giving out faulty email accounts or is
> zmailer interpreting this wrong?

This is a big bad ISP that does not conform to RFC822.  Local part may
contain either "atoms" connected by (a single) dot, or virtually
anything but then it *must* be in double quotes.

Eugene