On Thu, Sep 14, 2000 at 04:20:29PM +1100, Graeme Merrall wrote:
> I've just noticed that + seems to be a valid char in email addresses which
> is news to me :)
> Can someone point me to the right RFC or some official type doco on this? 

rfc822 ?

usually + is used to denote a "local" part. local mailer rules usually
deliver user+foo@domain to user@domain, setting something useful (like
a procmail variable) to "foo". good for splitting into multiple
mailboxes.

-- 
 - Gus


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