Match.com contact - Previously: GMail contact - misroute / security issue

[jra at baylink.com (Jay Ashworth)]

----- Original Message -----
> From: "Grant Taylor" <gtaylor at tnetconsulting.net>

> *sigh*
> 
> So this is a non-RFC compliant ""feature.

Nope.  The LHS of an email address *is system defined*; no one outside of
the destination mailserver is permitted to make any assumptions about it.

RFC5322 3.4.1:

"""
The local-part portion is a domain-dependent string.  In addresses,
it is simply interpreted on the particular host as a name of a
particular mailbox.
"""

Note that using a "real name" as an email address is Not The Best Idea:

http://www.sendmail.com/sm/open_source/support/support_faq/faq_ver_8_issues/#3.5

Cheers,
-- jra
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