You're right.
So let's not bitch at them if they want ASFL!*&^$.COM
I mean, you want the business, right? Who cares if it breaks a standard?
D
At 9:06 AM -0400 6/16/00, Justin S. wrote:
>I think overall that those types of e-mail addresses should be allowed. It
>doesn't matter if it doesn't go with RFC822 or whatever, because some people
>are different. It comes down to: do you want the business, or do you want to
>bitch and moan at the client for having a '.' before the '@'? I'd rather
>have the business any day!
>
>Justin S...
>
>
>----- Original Message -----
>From: "Bill Gerrard" <bill@daze.net>
>To: "Merchant Solutions" <merchant-solution@merchant-solution.com>;
><discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>Sent: Friday, June 16, 2000 1:45 AM
>Subject: RE: "." before the "@"
>
>
>> > The . before the @ needs to be allowed. Many email addy's are set
>> > that way.
>> > Example, my own admin email address is aba.admin@merchant-solution.com
>>
>> In your example address, there are five characters between the '.' and
>'@'.
>> Your e-mail address is perfectly valid. Now if your e-mail address was
>> aba.@merchant-solution.com or admin.@merchant-solution.com, then you would
>> have an invalid e-mail address, per RFC822.
>>
>> > If I understand correctly, OpenSRS won't accept that addy. NSI does
>accept
>> > that addy, if that makes any difference in the decision here.
>> >
>> >
>> > Sincerely,
>> > Todd Sumrall
>> > Authorize.net & Miva Partner
>> > http://www.merchant-solution.com
>> > Merchant Accounts, Web Hosting,
>> > Free Miva Merchant Shopping Cart
>> >
>> > ----- Original Message -----
>> > From: Bill Warner <lww@ictech.net>
>> > To: Joe McDonald <joe@vpop.net>
>> > Cc: <discuss-list@opensrs.org>
>> > Sent: Thursday, June 15, 2000 9:05 PM
>> > Subject: RE: "." before the "@"
>> >
>> >
>> > > Hi Joe,
>> > >
>> > > At 03:44 PM 6/15/00 -0700, Joe McDonald wrote:
>> > > >I think when Robert answered, he meant to say "right before the @"
>> > > >instead of "before the @". He was replying to the message below
>> > > >which shows a bad address (according to my interpretation of
>> > rfc 822...)
>> > >
>> > > Ahh, yes. I see now. In that case he's quite right. Sorry Robert!
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > >The OpenSRS check_email_syntax() is doing the right thing as
>> > > >far as I can tell, but it will be loosened up to allow some
>> > > >bad addresses through because it appears that MTA's out there
>> > > >are letting them through and people are using them. :-(
>> > >
>> > > I'm with you on that one. ugh. The problem with letting the bad ones
>> > > through is that the syntax checker may no longer catch addresses that
>> > > really were typed in wrong and don't work.
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > > > We have a customer with an e-mail address like mark.o.@foo.net.
>> > > > Unfortunately
>> > > > > OpenSRS' system does NOT accept this address ...
>> > >
>> > > Good. ;-)
>> > >
>> > > [PS - Joe, I'm going to CC this reply back to the list so that
>> > my apology
>> > > to Robert goes public. Only fair, since my flame was public...]
>> > >
>> > > --Bill
>> > >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
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