Adam McKenna writes:
> 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.
There's no mention of single quotes anywhere in RFC822, therefore they
should not be treated as anything special, so this is interpreted as an
address 'adam on host flounder.net', and, since flounder.net' is an
invalid domain address, the recipient is rejected.
Having said that, I've never seen Messenger act this way. Forget about
RFCs, something's screwy in Messenger.
