Re: [Pan-users] cant post

[Carl L. Gilbert]

On Sat, 2003-08-02 at 09:57, Charles Kerr wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 01, 2003 at 03:59:01PM -0400, CL Gilbert wrote:
> 
> > What is this? everytime I try to post this is what I am told.
> > ERROR: invalid address ""CL (dnoyeB) Gilbert" <address@hidden>"
> 
> Hmm, up until now Pan has followed the `son-of-rfc-1036'
> policy of disallowing "<", ">", "(", and ")" in quoted sections,
> but as someone's asked for it, I'll make Pan allow "(" and ")".
> 

Well I never knew about that.  I always do what the clients allow.  So
far every client has allowed me to use ( & ) in my emails.  Or at least
in my newsreaders.  Its a simple thing not to use it, had I known.


> The germane parts of son-of-1036:
> 
>     NOTE: The syntax here is a  restricted  subset  of
>     the  MAIL  From  syntax, with quoting particularly
>     restricted, for simple  parsing.   In  particular,
>     the  presence of "<" in the From content indicates
>     that the second form is being used, otherwise  the
>     first  form is being used.  The major restrictions
>     here are those already de-facto imposed by  exist-
>     ing software.
> 
>     NOTE: Overly-lenient posting agents sometimes per-
>     mit the second form with a  full  name  containing
>     "("  or  ")",  but it is extremely rare for a full
>     name to contain "<" or ">" even in mail.   Accord-
>     ingly,  reading  agents wishing to robustly deter-
>     mine which form is in use in a particular  article
>     should  key on the presence or absence of "<", not
>     the presence or absence of "(".
-- 
Thank you,


CL Gilbert
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor
man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard." Ecclesiastes
9:16

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