Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread John Levine
In article <2019082954.gd47...@symphytum.spacehopper.org> you write: >On 2019/01/11 10:07, Michael Peddemors wrote: >> For the record, we aren't speaking about 'Friendly Names', but the userpart >> of the addr-spec address >> >> But a pointer to an RFC where it is permitted, that I don't

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Stuart Henderson
On 2019/01/11 10:07, Michael Peddemors wrote: > For the record, we aren't speaking about 'Friendly Names', but the userpart > of the addr-spec address > > But a pointer to an RFC where it is permitted, that I don't find.. RFC5322 and predecessors. Either dot-atom or quoted-string are permitted

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Chris Adams
Once upon a time, Michael Peddemors said: > I don't know of this particular mailer, but can I get some feedback > to confirm that the '*' character is not a permitted character in an > email address? (user name portion) You can always use this handy-dandy regular expression to validate email

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Michael Peddemors
. It is an allowed localpart character. Hence why I stated he would be disappointed. *From:* mailop on behalf of Al Iverson *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2019 10:52:10 AM *To:* mailop *Subject:* Re: [mailop] Mailing List

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread David Carriger
AM To: mailop Subject: Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats.. I'm definitely disappointed by the giant chunks of excess HTML links and previews added to your reply, for sure. But the page you linked to clearly says that the asterisk is allowed in the username portion, so nothing

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Benjamin BILLON
https://www.jochentopf.com/email/chars.html -- Benjamin From: mailop On Behalf Of David Carriger Sent: vendredi 11 janvier 2019 18:49 To: Al Iverson ; Michael Peddemors Cc: mailop Subject: Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats.. I'm afraid you're going to be disappointed. https

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Al Iverson
d you can do almost any stupid thing you want as long as you > quote it. > > > > -- > *From:* mailop on behalf of Al Iverson < > aiver...@wombatmail.com> > *Sent:* Friday, January 11, 2019 10:45 AM > *To:* Michael Peddemors > *Cc:

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread David Carriger
ary 11, 2019 10:45 AM To: Michael Peddemors Cc: mailop Subject: Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats.. Return-path headers using VERP in this way, with asterisks in the username part like this, can be traced all the way back to LISTSERV in the 1990s. It's a long standing practice. If you block

Re: [mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Al Iverson
Return-path headers using VERP in this way, with asterisks in the username part like this, can be traced all the way back to LISTSERV in the 1990s. It's a long standing practice. If you block based on this, you'll block a few spammers or commercial mailers who used or use LISTSERV, or who rolled

[mailop] Mailing List Address Formats..

2019-01-11 Thread Michael Peddemors
owner-nolist-cp_enews-190110p-gqfjbpue*username**domain*-suf...@digital.annexbusinessmedia.com (Where 'username', 'domain','suffix' are placeholders) I don't know of this particular mailer, but can I get some feedback to confirm that the '*' character is not a permitted character in an email