[Info-vax] bizarre SMTP problem

[glen herrmannsfeldt]

JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot at vaxination.ca> wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---remove CLOTHES to reply wrote:
 
>> 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.
 
> This is a dangerous slope:
 
> TO: chocolate%"Helbig,Philip"+phelbig at domain.tld

If the rules is that addresses containing @ are interpreted
as smtp, in the absence of a preceeding transport method
and % sign, it would seem that smtp rules should apply.
 
> In your logic, it should be one address:
 
> smpp%"chocolate%""Helbig,Philip""+phelbig at domain.tld"

It does get complicated, as % is also used in smtp addressing,
allowing one to specify a path to the destination.

-- glen