On Fri, Aug 25, 2000 at 12:25:51PM +0100, Slider wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> A quick general question! What are the unacceptable characters in the
> creation of addresses, and what are acceptable?
>
> For example, can addresses be created with '\' or '�' I know that you can
> have '.' but is there a list or a guide to refer to!
Most ASCII characters are permitted although quoting is required for "special
characters".
RFC822: http://rfc822.x42.com/
Look for "local-part".
Note that qmail folds letters to lower case, which actually is correct
-- but only for the postmaster address.
/magnus
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