From: Jason L Tibbitts III <tibbs@math.uh.edu>
Subject: Re: OT Question
Date: 14 May 1999 10:23:02 -0500 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <ufahfpfzne1.fsf@epithumia.math.uh.edu> (raw)
In-Reply-To: Lee Willis's message of "14 May 1999 10:39:35 +0100"
>>>>> "LW" == Lee Willis <lee@gbdirect.co.uk> writes:
LW> Is if possible to have the ' character in an email
LW> address.
The forward single quote (39, 0x27, 047) is not special in any way
according to RFC822. The grammar is convoluted because some things are
special in some places, but here are some basic elements.
ALPHA = <any ASCII alphabetic character>
; (101-132, 65.- 90.)
; (141-172, 97.-122.)
atom = 1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
CHAR = <any ASCII character> ; ( 0-177, 0.-127.)
CTL = <any ASCII control ; ( 0- 37, 0.- 31.)
character and DEL> ; ( 177, 127.)
specials = "(" / ")" / "<" / ">" / "@" ; Must be in quoted-
/ "," / ";" / ":" / "\" / <"> ; string, to use
/ "." / "[" / "]" ; within a word.
Most things are built out of atoms.
LW> Ie. k.o'brien or something similar?
Well, in that example you must note that the period is special. It must be
quoted in certain places.
- J<
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Thread overview: 3+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
1999-05-14 9:39 Lee Willis
1999-05-14 10:00 ` Kai.Grossjohann
1999-05-14 15:23 ` Jason L Tibbitts III [this message]
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