On Thu, 13 Jan 2000, Vadim Vygonets wrote:
> If you think it's wrong, join the IETF working group which is
> working on the update of RFC822.
.... for far too long. My reading of the current draft suggests that x@y
is a valid address.
atext = ALPHA / DIGIT / ; Any character except controls,
"!" / "#" / ; SP, and specials.
"$" / "%" / ; Used for atoms
"&" / "'" /
"*" / "+" /
"-" / "/" /
"=" / "?" /
"^" / "_" /
"`" / "{" /
"|" / "}" /
"~"
atom = [CFWS] 1*atext [CFWS]
dot-atom = [CFWS] dot-atom-text [CFWS]
dot-atom-text = 1*atext *("." 1*atext)
domain = dot-atom / domain-literal / obs-domain
Likewise, in the revision of the SMTP protocol, one finds
2.3.5 Domain
A domain (or domain name) consists of one or more dot-separated
components, each consisting of a sequence of letters, digits, and hyphens.
--
Philip Hazel University of Cambridge Computing Service,
ph10@??? Cambridge, England. Phone: +44 1223 334714.
