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From: jromine@ics.uci.edu (John Romine)
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Subject: Re: BERK option hosers
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Date: 10 Sep 90 19:52:41 GMT
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khera@sardine.cs.duke.edu (Vick Khera) writes:
>the addresses work fine with "." in them if the whole name part is
>in double-quotes or in parentheses:
>
>	"Mr. Foo" <khera@romeo>
>
>is it a failure to conform to the RFC?

Yes.  Addresses with "." in the personal name part must be enclosed
in quotes to be legal according to RFC822.
--
John Romine