On Mar 11, 2009, at 4:11 PM, Mihamina Rakotomandimby (R12y) wrote:
> Hi all
> I would like to setup aliases such as
> 8======D : a_unix_user
> in /etc/aliases.
>
> I mostly read the RFC about emails and (I think) I know the allowed
> chars in an email adress.
> What are the forbidden chars for the localparts in /etc/aliases?
> The weird chars will only be the alias. The destination will be
> alphanum
> string without weird things.
short answer: it's up to you.
long answer: check your rcpt acl. you may have an entry like:
deny message = Restricted characters in address
domains = +local_domains
local_parts = ^[.] : ^.*[@%!/|]
--
patrick