[Sheflug] NTL and email addresses

[Barrie Bremner <nospam [at] barriebremner.com>]

>>>>> "simon" == simon  <simon [at] cliffestones.demon.co.uk> writes:

    simon> This is a repost so lets see if it gets through this time
    simon> Through a job application I had to send an email to a
    simon> Susanne.Moeßbauer [at] XX.com that garbled mess is a German "sz"
    simon> if things are looking funny.

    simon> NTL's smtp server rejected it as an invalid email address
    simon> as it contains control characters. I was wondering if
    simon> anyone knew which characters are illegal in e-mail
    simon> addresses and in which part?  I think I remember reading
    simon> that you can now get multi byte domains


Email addresses are ASCII characters 0-127 only - i.e. UK/US English
alphanumeric, IIRC.

Check http://cr.yp.to/immhf.html, particularly the 'headers' section.

Also, is the german funny B (sorry, can't remember the correct name
for it) not "ss"? As in Strasse/Straße?

Baz.

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