[Info-vax] bizarre SMTP problem

Arne Vajhøj arne at vajhoej.dk
Thu Apr 9 19:25:52 EDT 2009


sapienzaf wrote:
> On Apr 9, 4:17 pm, "Bob Eager" <rd... at spamcop.net> wrote:
>> 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.
> 
> Uh, no, sorry that's wrong.  A bit too eager to jump on that without
> understanding the context.

It is true that + is valid in SMTP email addresses.

It is false that it is a bug.

Arne



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