[Info-vax] bizarre SMTP problem

[Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply]

In article <176uZD2KcidF-pn2-PXhqF33pn2BN at rikki.tavi.co.uk>, "Bob Eager"
<rde42 at spamcop.net> writes: 

> > 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.

I agree.  The parsing order is wrong.  Without the quotes, the presence 
of "@" within the address triggers SMTP processing ("@" at the beginning 
denotes a distribution list).  However, the individual addresses are 
parsed first.  It obviously needs to be the other way around, i.e. first 
check for "@" embedded and then assume the whole thing is one address.