[Gllug] Square brackets [OT]

Nix nix at esperi.org.uk
Fri Jun 10 10:07:02 UTC 2005


On Thu, 09 Jun 2005, Doug Winter wrote:
> Joel Bernstein wrote:
>> That's not a valid form for an RFC2822 address. It should be:
>> "Firstname Surname" <mailbox at domain.com> or simply <mailbox at domain.com>.
> 
> Actually, there is one other acceptable (however ancient and deprecated) form you do see occasionally:
> 
>      mailbox at domain.com (Firstname Surname)

You can do both, in any order. This is valid:

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