Werner Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Wed, 15 Mar 2000, Phillip Rulon wrote:
>
> > PS Thinks... was it (n)mh or exmh on my machine that stripped a
> > character out of your last name ? Hmmm!
> >
> > Hmm. Might be in the pipline somewhere, rmail does it too. Maybe
> > a bit stripping MTA.
>
> Niels, last time I checked you used a non-ascii character (�) in your name
> without quoting it. RFC822 does not allow 8 bit characters in mail
> headers. My anti-chinese-spam filter needed a fix just for this.
I think Lysator's sendmail is configured to let 8 bit characters
through, even in headers, iff the smtp-server it talks to supports
ESMTP and 8 bit data. What kind of quoting do you recommend? I hope
not QP.
I know that it is against the spec to use 8 bit chars directly, but as
long as it works most of the time and doesn't cause any serious
problems, it seems fine to me. For me, the second best alternative is
to use the "naked" email address "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", with out any
real name or RFC822 comments.
/Niels
