On Mon, 13 Mar 2006 10:23, you wrote: > I'm having some ongoing discussions with two ISPs, our mail server, and a > couple of users over an email address. > > Is the ampersand a valid character in an email address? > > It looks like the answer is YES for the local part and NO for the domain > name. > > What do you think?
Hmm, a quick look at RFC2822 section 3.2.4 and 3.4.1 says yes for both parts. I can easily see ampersands causing trouble all over the place however. Disclaimer: IANAIG[1] Andy -- [1] I am not an Internet Guru
