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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: SMTP behavior: 553 5.5.2 Bad command format(h)
In message <[email protected]>, S cott Call writes: > >On Wed, 31 Mar 2004, Miguel Mata-Cardona wrote: > >> >> WTF? can anyone please explain me why must I enclose my >> address between the "<>"? > >http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2821.html > > Yup -- that's what the spec says. See, in particular, 4.1.1.2, which gives the syntax of the MAIL FROM: command, and 4.1.2, which gives the syntax of a Reverse-path. There are some SMTP servers which don't require the <>, but they're being generous -- they've always been required. --Steve Bellovin, http://www.research.att.com/~smb
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