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It does not look like any of these can detect or were tested against quoted-local-part addresses. As I understand it, the local part can be quoted to allow ill
by Periodic 16y ago
It does not look like any of these can detect or were tested against quoted-local-part addresses. As I understand it, the local part can be quoted to allow illegal characters to be used, e.g. "John Doe"@example.com
I fully understand that these are not in common use, but they are part of the RFC and may be in use somewhere.
- Terretta 16y agoHis test also considers the % sign invalid, yet I've both sent and received email that required the % for the mail to be routed/relayed correctly (think "in care of" or c/o). Granted, that was 17 years ago, but who's to say it's not in use somewhere?