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Re: Email addresses with spaces



Am 2008-05-28 10:43:41, schrieb Clayton Scott Kern:
> I'm not sure if this is the right place to address this.
> 
> I use fetchmail -> sendmail -> procmail -> mutt.

First of all:  Why do you use "sendmail" between
               "fetchmail" and "procmail"?

> I have problem with emails that have spaces in the user name.
> For example  joe doe@xxxxxxxxxxx

Such messages should be rejected by your ISP on SMTP-Level since they
are invalid.

> Mutt doesn't display them in the index page.  For now, I've been editing
> the mbox file and putting an underline in the email address.
> 
> I've looked through the manual and if there's a setting to handle this,
> I'mm missing it.  Or should I be handling this with either procmail or
> sendmail?

Better ask you ISP to REJECT them.

Thanks, Greetings and nice Day
    Michelle Konzack
    Systemadministrator
    24V Electronic Engineer
    Tamay Dogan Network
    Debian GNU/Linux Consultant


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