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Re: [Pan-users] cant post
From: |
Carl L. Gilbert |
Subject: |
Re: [Pan-users] cant post |
Date: |
Sun, 03 Aug 2003 09:00:32 -0400 |
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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