Just to clarify RFC821 versus RFC822 It is true that RFC821 DOES NOT allow this character in the destination headers. However, RFC822 DOES allow this character. In fact there are follow-on RFCs that describe Quoted-Printable for the 822 headers. So, you should be able to have the descriptive name match even though the underlying routing name does not.
Mark Plus Pack for OWA SecureLogoff for OWA http://www.messageware.net -----Original Message----- From: David S. Michel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 1:05 PM To: Exchange Discussions Subject: Question regarding "�" and other characters - Exchange 2000 and Win2k w/ English installations We have a user who wants the "�" in his name to also be in his email address instead of a plain old "n". I know from RFC821 that this is not a valid character in an email address and therefore can't be used in Exchange 2000 since it conforms to the RFC. Furthermore, if you attempt to send to an email address with an � I get an NDR from my own categorizer for the same reason. However, this user insists that at his last firm his actual email address was [EMAIL PROTECTED] but that anyone and everyone could email him to user_�@test.com and it would be "converted" and he'd get the email. His old firm used Exchange 5.0 (with a spanish installation) which was before my time but since 5.0 "loosely followed RFC's" was it possible to do what he's saying happened from either Exchange or the OS installation? I've called PSS and all they said was that it's not possible now but they could not answer if it was possible at one time. They and I agree that probably what actually happened was that the user's display name had the � and that's what people actually thought they were sending to. This is actually a big deal to management so any help would be appreciated. Thanks. _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _________________________________________________________________ List posting FAQ: http://www.swinc.com/resource/exch_faq.htm Archives: http://www.swynk.com/sitesearch/search.asp To unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Exchange List admin: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
