I wouldn't trust your gurus then! Apart from anything else, email addresses are case insensitive. The bible is rfc2822, which has obsoleted my friend rfc822. Using ?'s is also perfectly valid, but try telling a helpdesk that!
However, if Lotus Notes enters the party, then all bets are off. Steve On Mon, March 13, 2006 10:33 am, Paul Swafford wrote: > put it this way I've never seen one .. and I've been emailing since a > long time before the "net" .. > > so yeah "yes" for some local email services .. but no for external email > services. > > I've checked with some "guru" types on this and the answer is > categorically NO > valid = a-z, A-Z, 0-9, -_ thats it > > regards > > Paul > > Craig FALCONER 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? >> > -- Let us have a moment of silence for all Americans who are now stuck in traffic on their way to a health club to ride a stationary bicycle. - Congressman Earl Blumenauer (Oregon)
