Re: [EXIM] underscore in domain name or email address

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Συντάκτης: Philip Hazel
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Προς: Schreckenbach, Jan
Υ/ο: 'Exim Mailingliste'
Αντικείμενο: Re: [EXIM] underscore in domain name or email address
On Thu, 19 Nov 1998, Schreckenbach, Jan wrote:

> What I don't understand is why underscores may be
> valid in dns
> (I can turn off the check in /etc/named.boot) but never in email
> addresses.


Mail addresses transferred over SMTP are defined in RFC 821, which does
not allow underscores in mail domains. *That* is where the restriction
arises. It is not a DNS restriction.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@???      Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.



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