When I wrote Tipjar::MTA, after sending lots of mail by telnetting to my qmail-smtpd, I left the angle brackets out. I added them when I could not send a message to any @yahoo.com addresses.
Not requiring bracketing makes your smtpd easier to send through when you telnet to it. Fewer keystrokes. I would write more but it appears that my building is on fire. On 3/17/06, Robin Bowes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > This concept was discussed before. It was noted that even though it > > was not valid SMTP, addresses without <> were accepted because that's > > what qmail-smtpd did. > > > > My only worry with making it stricter is whether or not any major > > MTAs do not use <>, because we'd be dropping a lot of otherwise > > legitimate email, which would be unacceptable to our clients. > > Sounds like this should be a configurable option, with default behaviour > to accept addresses without <>. > > R. > > > -- David L Nicol Should the bike shed have bunks? Or maybe cots?
