Author: Vadim Vygonets Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [Exim] Header rewriting - From: fields comment and phrase elements
Quoth Philip Hazel on Thu, Jan 13, 2000: > 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.
Since 1988 (or was it 1899?).
> My reading of the current draft suggests that x@y
> is a valid address. [BNF snipped] > Likewise, in the revision of the SMTP protocol, one finds [quote snipped]
Which means that such addresses will probably become legal soon.
Still, I believe that there is lots of software which does not
support dotless mail domains (or translates them by appending
local domain to them, as in a@bc -> a@???). So even when
they become 100% legal, they probably will still be problematic
for some time.
Vadik.
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This process doesn't necessarily involve execution of anything on a
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