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Re: [Pan-users] Unexpected char '.' in address


From: Charles Kerr
Subject: Re: [Pan-users] Unexpected char '.' in address
Date: Tue, 25 Mar 2003 15:46:48 -0800
User-agent: Mutt/1.3.20i

On Tue, Mar 25, 2003 at 10:12:31PM +0000, Dave Hill wrote:
> Just noticed this message in the pan log:-
> 
> Tue, 25 Mar 2003 22:07:07 - (Null) - Unexpected char '.' in address:
> Keith A. Lees <keith/at/kalees.co.uk>: attempting recovery.

Using a period in unquoted text breaks rfc822.  See RFC 822 appendix D;
the From: header's contents fits the "mailbox" definition.
Mr. Lees should wrap his name in quotes; i.e.,
From: "Keith A. Lees" <keith/at/kalees.co.uk>

> Looks valid to me. What "recovery" did it have in mind?

GMime eats the invalid character and reparses the header.

-- 
cheers,
Charles




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