Re: [Exim] trailing dot in localpart ?

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Author: Jonnie
Date:  
To: Tamas TEVESZ
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [Exim] trailing dot in localpart ?
> > Is exim right to allow a trailing dot in a localpart - like this
> > j.k.@merseymail.com
>
> why wouldn't it ?


Well, since rfc2822 says:

local-part      =       dot-atom / quoted-string / obs-local-part
dot-atom        =       [CFWS] dot-atom-text [CFWS]
dot-atom-text   =       1*atext *("." 1*atext)
obs-local-part  =       word *("." word)
word            =       atom / quoted-string


Or am I misreading it?
I asked because hotmail doesn't even try to deliver to an address like
j.k.@domain.example but fails with a status 5.1.3 (bad address syntax or something).






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