I'm not sure what ASCII character that translates to, I assume it isn't 0=128? If not, it's not a valid ASCII character for an SMTP address.
> -----Original Message----- > From: David S. Michel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, July 25, 2002 12:05 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]
