Re: [exim] blocking apostrophe emails

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Author: Clive McDowell
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To: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] blocking apostrophe emails
Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> Dear Peter and others,
>
>>> I get quite a few such spam emails and not all are caught by RBLs. From
>>> what I understand apostrophes are not allowed in email addresses? Thanks
>>> for advice.
>> You understand wrongly. They are allowed.
>
> OK, then the question is cancelled. I have not realized it because prior
> to receiving it as spam I have never met anyone using an email address
> with apostrophes.


You may well get the occasional Irish name e.g. O'Hara.

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Clive McDowell

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