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Alan Baker
SubjectAn embedded "@" makes it a broken email
FromAlan Baker
Date03/13/2013 02:01 (03/12/2013 18:01)
Message-ID<alangbaker-07B267.18010612032013@news.shawcable.net>
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FollowupsFlint (16h & 4m) > Alan Baker

In article <kho9fj$31k$1@dont-email.me>, Flint <agent001@section-31.net>wrote:

Flint
Wrong, Ailin Bellyacher . An embedded "@" makes it a broken email link, moron. Just because you fangurlz expect the rest of the world's usenet newsreader software to follow some non-standard MT-Newswatcher convention for creating broken links, don't assume such links are proper.

I can't resist:

2.1.5. Message-ID

The "Message-ID" line gives the message a unique identifier. The Message-ID may not be reused during the lifetime of any previous message with the same Message-ID. (It is recommended that no Message-ID be reused for at least two years.) Message-ID's have the syntax:

<string not containing blank or ">">

In order to conform to RFC-822, the Message-ID must have the format:

<unique@full_domain_name>

where full_domain_name is the full name of the host at which the message entered the network, including a domain that host is in, and unique is any string of printing ASCII characters, not including "<" (left angle bracket), ">" (right angle bracket), or "@" (at sign).

<http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc1036>

-- Alan Baker Vancouver, British Columbia "If you raise the ceiling four feet, move the fireplace from that wall to that wall, you'll still only get the full stereophonic effect if you sit in the bottom of that cupboard."

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