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Re: [Pan-users] cant post
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Charles Kerr |
Subject: |
Re: [Pan-users] cant post |
Date: |
Sat, 2 Aug 2003 06:57:12 -0700 |
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Mutt/1.5.4i |
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 ")".
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 "(".
--
cheers,
Charles