...it's all there in rf2821. - http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html
Tell us how you read it. My take is that the account name can contain any character except =, space and control characters, although you may need to escape it in some way. Steve On Tue, 16 May 2006 20:40:09 +1200 Robert Fisher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > A while back there was a discussion about acceptable characters in an email > address but I cannot remember the definitive answer. > > I have a friend with and address beginning with > rus&[EMAIL PROTECTED] > which used to work but now my ISP (Orcon) is bouncing it back with.. > > ----- The following addresses had permanent fatal errors ----- > <rus> > (reason: User unknown) > > ----- Transcript of session follows ----- > 550 5.1.1 <rus>... User unknown > > and.... > > Final-Recipient: RFC822; [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Action: failed > Status: 5.1.1 > Diagnostic-Code: X-Unix; 67 > Last-Attempt-Date: Tue, 16 May 2006 20:30:24 +1200 > > Should I suggest that my friends change their address? > > -- > Regards, Robert > > -------------------------------------------------------------- > Robert Fisher > (aka - Rob, Bob, Robbie, Robbo, Fish) > FishNet Computer Services > www.fisher.net.nz > Phone: 03 383 5807 > Mobile: 029 366 2002 > >
