On Thu, 21 Mar 2002 13:50:19 +0700, Thomas Tabler wrote:
> Dear List:
> Recently, it came to my attention that a friend of a friend uses
> an odd arrangement of Captilization and spacing in an e-mail address.
> For example, if an average SMTP server would send the address as
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED], the AOL server would only send
> it as John [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] {all one username, no
> spacing in caps}. Arachne which uses the standard RFCs will not
> properly show that on the status bar if it has spaces. Any ideas
> mailbag users?
Yes, tell your friends that they should drop MSN and AOL
and advise them to subscribe to a real ISP. Also you should
advise them against using any email client program that does
not adhere to the standard RFCs.
The problem is not with oddball email addresses. The problem
is with oddball ISPs and oddball email client programs and with
other oddball software that your friends are using. It isn't
your problem. The problem is theirs. You could help them if
they would just listen to you. If these friends of yours are
just typical windozers, don't expect them to pay any attention
to your efforts at correcting them and trying to lead them in
the right direction.
Sam Heywood
-- This mail was written by user of The Arachne Browser - http://arachne.cz/
