On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 03:19:06PM -0500, Adam McKenna wrote:
> I am investigating a problem on our local lan. The problem seems to stem
> from netscape sending RCPT TO: lines in the following manner:
>
> RCPT TO: <'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'>
>
> The qmail server responds:
>
> Sorry, I couldn't find any host named flounder.net'. (#5.1.2)
>
> I am pretty sure that Netscape is violating RFC 822 by sending single quotes
> inside the brackets, but I can't find the specific part of the RFC that
> specifies that only double quotes should be used.
>
> If someone else knows the RFC better and can point me to the specific
> section, I'd appreciate it.
There is no mention of single quote whatsoever.
http://rfc822.x42.com/
Page 9, (section 3.3; LEXICAL TOKENS)
; ( Octal, Decimal.)
<"> = <ASCII quote mark> ; ( 42, 34.)
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