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From: mcc@WLV.IMSD.CONTEL.COM (Merton Campbell Crockett)
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Subject: Mail/sendmail/RFC822 Question
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Date: 29 Jun 89 16:56:23 GMT
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This is a question concerning the use of an embedded space within a recipient
name.  RFC822 states on page 11 that the following is a legal address construct

		"first last"@domain

and I would assume that

		"first last"%demesne@domain

is also a valid construct.  The problem that I am having is that either Mail
or sendmail complains about an unbalanced quoted string when the above construct
is used and then attempts to deliver the message to

		first, last%demesne@domain

which is not the intended action.  Is this action a "feature" of the 4.3bsd
Mail or sendmail?

Merton