[imp] Commas vs. Semi-Colons

[Rich Lafferty]

On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 04:50:06PM -0800, hhoffman@r-u-i.com (hhoffman@r-u-i.com) wrote:
> Hey Rich,
>   Is it just the case that one cannot store more than one name in
> the Contacts then?

That's correct.

> ie -> Address: joe@user.com; john@user.com; harry@user.com

Despite what Microsoft would like you to think, that's a single
(invalid) address, not three. The semicolon is not an address
separator in Internet mail; it's used to delimit group names, and is
ignored by mail transports.

> If one did this could you not then have a JavaScript routine to change the semi-
> colons in the Contacts to commas in the To: ?

One could do that, if one wanted to abandon Internet mail standards.

Support for group addressbook entries is available in Turba, which is
what the next version of IMP will use for its addressbooks.

This has been hashed out on the mailing list numerous times; please
check the archives.

  -Rich

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