Re: Software that thinks "_" is legal in DNS.

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* David Champion <dgc+told_you_so@xxxxxxxx.xxx> [2003-09-29 12:47 -0500]:
> And then there's software that thinks "+" is NOT legal in e-mail.

Indeed, software that thinks it can easily identify valid email
addresses.  I like to point would-be validators at the "Verifying Email
Addresses" section at the bottom of

  http://www.faqs.org/faqs/mail/addressing/

Somewhat tangentially, while I generally hate websites who trust
client-side input validation, I have on occasion abused such sites to
force my preferred email address through.  }:>

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• Re: Software that thinks "_" is legal in DNS. David Champion 18:47 on 29 Sep 2003
  • peter (Peter da Silva) 19:12 on 29 Sep 2003
  • Phil!Gregory 20:03 on 29 Sep 2003

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