WOW! I didn't realize I would start such a thread. I *think* I'm glad to know that others were confused on this. Anyway, it appears that we have an answer, but it does mean some of my validation code needs a rework -- ARGH!
Thanks. Bob -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Rod Dorman Sent: Wednesday, January 09, 2002 3:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Re[2]: [IMail Forum] OT -- sort of: valid characters in email address T. Bradley Dean wrote: > In an email address? You sure about that? Yes. > Hmm, that would certainly suck. > 1) It means I'm wrong. > 2) It means I have to change my own email validation code. ;) > > I would assume this is in an RFC somewhere. Anyone know where? I already sent a reply to the list with the reference but its lost in Ipswitch's list queue. Here it is again, perhaps this one will go straight thru. Bob Ferguson wrote: > Sorry for the rather "101" type question, but is the ' a valid character in > an email address? I thought not -- only alpha, numbers, "-", "_", and ".". > But, I'm getting addresses with the ' in them and some program code I have > is barfing on it. I assume you are asking about the Local-part of the Mailbox, the part before the @. The Domain (the part after the @ can't have anything except letters, digits, "-", and ".". If you want the gory details look at RFC 2821 http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt section 4.1.2 Command Argument Syntax In short, ' is valid in the Local-part. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Hangers on though you be friends be more humble when asking for seconds." Katsuhito Masaki (Grandfather); Tenchi Muyo Episode 7 Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/ Please visit http://www.ipswitch.com/support/mailing-lists.html to be removed from this list. An Archive of this list is available at: http://www.mail-archive.com/imail_forum%40list.ipswitch.com/
