Author: Jeremy Harris Date: To: exim-users Subject: Re: [exim] SRS-hash with ".."
On 10/11/17 09:09, Niels Kobschaetzki wrote: > I had yesterday the problem that exim created for one address an
> SRS-hash for one outgoing address that included two dots like A0..XF.
> That meant that several mail-servers including gmails didn't accept the
> mail because the mail from: wasn't RFC5321-compliant (see RFC 3696 for a
> readable version what is and isn't allowed in a mail-address: "period
> (".") may also appear, but may not be used to start or end the local
> part, nor may two or more consecutive periods appear").
So, that bit of 3696 text applies to unquoted local-parts.
Will gmail (and the others you found) accept a double-dot if
it is quoted?
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Cheers,
Jeremy