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10-23-2006, 16:05 #1

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Subject: Validation bug

It seems that it's not possible to supply email addresses containing "+"-signs. like "me+psi@mydomain.com".

michalj (Moderator) 10-23-2006, 16:51 #2

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Are such email addresses really valid according to RFC?

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10-23-2006, 17:13 #3

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Yes, according to eg. rfc821 (p. 30-31).
I don't know any mta's which don't support this. It seems like the problem is just in the various validators.

legoscia 10-25-2006, 11:25 #4

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The allowed characters in the username part of an e-mail address are also enumerated in the updated RFC 2822, section 3.2.4. It's strange that so many validators get it wrong, when the specification is so clear...

halr9000 (Administrator) 10-30-2006, 12:32 #5

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XMPP does use the same (or similar?) stringprep profile as email. More details are here. I'm on the phone or I'd look deeper into the RFCs but I think this would be a bug on our part.

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