> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On
> Behalf Of Seth Holmes
> Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 10:13 PM
>
> RFC 5322 Section 3.2.3 does indicate limited support for an asterisk in
> an e-mail address. But I'm unable to tell if it allows it alone.
>
> I would say that K-9 is not a client that supports it.
>
> And frankly it's stupid.
RFC 3696 Section 3 says:
"Without quotes, local-parts may consist of any combination of
alphabetic characters, digits, or any of the special characters
! # $ % & ' * + - / = ? ^ _ ` . { | } ~
period (".") may also appear, but may not be used to start or end the
local part, nor may two or more consecutive periods appear."
which seems to suggest that a single asterisk IS a valid local-part.
I've never seen it used, and I do agree that its use is stupid, but a mail
client such as K-9 really should be standards compliant. The RFCs do allow
for organisations to implement some variance (e.g., treating upper and lower
case characters as equivalent), but a mail client should not be deviating
from the RFCs (and certainly not without documenting what those non
compliances are).
Philip
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