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Re: Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue
From: Jay Ashworth <jra () baylink com>
Date: Mon, 29 Sep 2014 15:42:36 -0400 (EDT)
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From: "Grant Taylor" <gtaylor () tnetconsulting net>
*sigh* So this is a non-RFC compliant ""feature.
Nope. The LHS of an email address *is system defined*; no one outside of the destination mailserver is permitted to make any assumptions about it. RFC5322 3.4.1: """ The local-part portion is a domain-dependent string. In addresses, it is simply interpreted on the particular host as a name of a particular mailbox. """ Note that using a "real name" as an email address is Not The Best Idea: http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/support/support_faq/faq_ver_8_issues/#3.5 Cheers, -- jra -- Jay R. Ashworth Baylink jra () baylink com Designer The Things I Think RFC 2100 Ashworth & Associates http://www.bcp38.info 2000 Land Rover DII St Petersburg FL USA BCP38: Ask For It By Name! +1 727 647 1274
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