news.software.readers

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 09:39:42 +0100, Albe wrote:

> - verification of mail in the parameters/configuration of the
> servers/configuration of servers to force a 'decent' and valid e-mail
> address.

The above needs some attention, as the address -@-.invalid for news is
considered incorrect by MesNews, and the Confirmation dialog says:

"Email incorrect: can only have alpha-numerical characters (a..z,0-9),
dash and point.
Note: when you want to put an invalid mail address, add ".invalid" at
the end (verify the preceding mail for the info's above)

If you maintain this email address, your message might not be visible
for everybody. Want to keep this e-mail address?"


What characters are not allowed to be used in an email address (for
news)? RFC?

. of "draft-ietf-usefor-usepro-09" says (in part):
"Contrary to [RFC2822], which implies that the mailbox or mailboxes in
the From header field should be that of the poster or posters, a
poster who does not, for whatever reason, wish to use his own mailbox
MAY use any mailbox ending in the top level domain ".invalid"
[RFC2606]."

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Rom