The | character is not allowed in any e-mail address because it's a Unix shell reserved character.
Here's a list right off the top of my head that are usually blocked/disabled by just about every MTA out there. 1. Control Characters 2. Space 3. ! 4. " 5. # 6. $ 7. % 8. & 9. ( 10. ) 11. * 12. , 13. / 14. : 15. ; 16. < 17. > 18. @ (when used more than once) 19. [ 20. \ 21. ] 22. | 23. DEL Bas van Rooijen wrote: > ClamAV is rejecting messages where the recipient address contains a | (pipe > character).. > > Why is this? Is | a virus now? > > Can this behaviour be disabled? > > Are you planning on blocking other random characters from appearing in the > recipient adres? > > thanks, > bvr. > > _______________________________________________ > Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net > http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html > > _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://lurker.clamav.net/list/clamav-users.html
