On Thu, 24 Oct 1996, Lee McLoughlin wrote:
> exim 0.52 on a sparc running sunos 4.1.3u1 trying to reach the following
> address:
>
> d..j..brunswick.swi0104@???
>
> /usr/lib/sendmail -bt -v
> > d..j..brunswick.swi0104@???
> exim: d..j..brunswick.swi0104@???
> - bad address: expected word or '<'
>
> A quick check of RFC822 shows that '..' is invalid as a null part isn't
> allowed between the dots.
>
> However most other mailers allow it.
Sheesh. I think we need a new RFC stating where "most other mailers"
break the other RFCs, for the benefit of poor implementers like me. :-)
I'll see what I can do for 0.57 - you are *just* in time.
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