Re: [EXIM] Chars in Email-Addresses

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Author: Philip Hazel
Date: 1999-06-11 10:56 -000
To: Sascha E. Pollok
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [EXIM] Chars in Email-Addresses
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, Sascha E. Pollok wrote:

> can someone tell me the RFC that deals with allowed characters
> in Email-Addresses? The question simple: is a & allowed as
> a username? I don't think so but perhaps anyone thinks different?


RFC 822 and 821.
& is allowed in local parts; it is not special in any way. However, &
may not be part of a domain name.

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Philip Hazel            University of Cambridge Computing Service,
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