Not too worry, Vixie is probably going to include support for "%" "@"
substitution in the next sendmail rev. ESR has already updated fetchmail
based on this...
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000, Csongor Fagyal wrote:
> That is also right.
>
> BTW, I will become an ISP and I will give out email-addresses with % instead
> of @. I will do this next week. Everyone, please upgrade your emailer
> softwares by then! Thank you for your concern.
>
> - Csongor
>
>
> >I think you missed his point. As a business, if you tell a customer
> >they can't complete this transaction because their ISP gave them a
> >non-standard email address, the customer will blame you, not the ISP,
> >regardless of how "right" you are about the standard. They will see
> >that their email has worked fine up until now, and that the problem
> >must be on your end.
>
> >Standards are nice, but in this case, it doesn't pay to be rigid about
> >them. In this case, by accepting the email, we are not destroying
> >interoperability, we are merely being forgiving about the mistakes of
> >others. (to the benefit of our customers, as well)
>
Thanks,
-RWR
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