Re: [exim] blocking apostrophe emails

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Author: Chris Bayliss
Date:  
To: Zbigniew Szalbot
CC: exim-users
Subject: Re: [exim] blocking apostrophe emails
On Fri, Jan 05, 2007 at 04:20:59PM +0100, Zbigniew Szalbot wrote:
> Hello,
>
> Does it make sense and does any one have a rule to block emails based on
> whether in the FROM field there are characters like ' (e.g.
> Kirstenspider's@???)?
>
> 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.
>
> Warm regards,
>


They are allowed.

There are quite a few surnames that have ' in them which find
their way into mail addresses. D'Netto, d'Urvberville and
O'Reilly spring to mind.