Author: Peter Bowyer Date: To: Exim, Users Subject: Re: [exim] blocking apostrophe emails
On 05/01/07, Chris Bayliss <C.B.Bayliss@???> wrote: > 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.
There's a regular contributor over on SPAM-L who goes by the pseudonym
of Bob O'Bob. Apropos nothing in particular!
