At 03:16 PM 6/15/00 -0400, Robert Rivers wrote:
>Hello,
>
>Someone asked this question and by the time we found the
>answer, I had deleted the original Email, Sorry.
>
>According to RFC 822, a "." before the "@" is incorrect
>syntax.
Sorry, but that is wrong. Ya'll better go back and look at the grammar
again. RFC 822 specifically *allows* as many "." characters as you want in
the "local-part" of the address. Here is the local-part rule:
local-part = word *("." word) ; uninterpreted
; case-preserved
So, an address like this:
John."(Not Jane)".Doe@farkle-berry.com
is perfectly valid under the 822 syntax rules.
--Bill
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