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Re: SMTP behavior: 553 5.5.2 Bad command format(h)

  • From: Simon Lockhart
  • Date: Thu Apr 01 03:28:29 2004 
On Wed Mar 31, 2004 at 05:16:41PM -0600, Miguel Mata-Cardona wrote:
> WTF? can anyone please explain me why must I enclose my 
> address between the "<>"?

Because the RFC says you should. Even back in RFC821 this was the
case:

            MAIL <SP> FROM:<reverse-path> <CRLF>

            <reverse-path> ::= <path>

            <path> ::= "<" [ <a-d-l> ":" ] <mailbox> ">"

Simon
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