[Info-vax] bizarre SMTP problem

[Bob Eager]

On Thu, 9 Apr 2009 19:57:15 UTC, JF Mezei 
<jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:

> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
> 
> > MAIL> send
> > To:     foo.bla+xxx at bar.doo.da
> > %MAIL-E-NOSUCHUSR, no such user FOO.BLA
> 
> 
> MAIL> send
> To:     system+jfmezei
> Subj:   test message
> Enter your message below. Press CTRL/Z when complete, or CTRL/C to quit:
> test
>  Exit
> New mail on node CHAIN from CHAIN::SYSTEM
> 
> And jfmezei got a copy as well.
> 
> aka: the + seems to be used as a "," to delimit multiple destinations

Then it appears to be a bug, since '+' is perfectly valid as a character
in an email address, as per RFC 2822 section 3.4.1.
-- 
Bob Eager