Re: [exim] @example.net versus ""@example.net

On 2013-03-08 at 18:37 +0100, Michael Fischer v. Mollard wrote:
> thanks for the explanation. But it still feels like syntax, not semantics

It's syntax to support the semantics. The quotes are syntax. The
semantic value of the left-hand-side has a length of zero or greater.

% exim -bt '""@???'
philp+emptylhs@???
    <-- ""@???
  router = imap_user, transport = imap_inject
%

-Phil