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List:       kmail-devel
Subject:    Bug#19187: kmail comments in address (RFC822) handling
From:       Ingo =?iso-8859-15?q?Kl=F6cker?= <ingo.kloecker () epost ! de>
Date:       2002-02-26 8:58:15
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C.W.Holeman II wrote:

> On Sun, 28 Jan 2001 12:01:22 +0100 <Michael at Haeckel.Net> wrote:
> 
>> If I enter "cwhii(test)@localhost" my mailsystem converts that
>> automatically to "cwhii@localhost (test)".
>  
>> I still can't see in RFC822, that these comments are also allowed
>> within
>> a address, the examples show them only outside of it.
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc822.html has:
> 
>      A.1.4.  Wilt . (the  Stilt) Chamberlain@NBA.US
> 
>              The "(the  Stilt)" is a comment, which is NOT included in
>         the  destination  mailbox  address  handed  to the originating
>         system's mailer.  The local-part of the address is the  string
>         "Wilt.Chamberlain", with NO space between the first and second
>         words.
> 
> which says the "(the  Stilt)" is not to be handed to the originating
> system's mailer.

This example is no longer valid according to RFC 2822 which obsoletes 
RFC 822. Nevertheless your example "cwhii(test)@localhost" is valid 
(cf. A.5 in RFC 2822).

Marc? KMime supports such addresses, doesn't it?

Regards,
Ingo
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