[imp] Commas vs. Semi-Colons

[hhoffman@r-u-i.com]

Rich,
   Thanks for all of the help. I haven't really checked into Turba but will 
give it a look. I haven't really read over the RFC's which I probably should 
have before even asking the question. I'll most likely have more questions, I 
hope that's ok? In the interim, do you know of anyway using IMP to solve the 
whole idea of having groups in the personal contacts? Or is this something that 
I should consider implementing in the Global address book of Exchange?
Regards,
Harry

Quoting Rich Lafferty <rich@horde.org>:

> 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
> 
> -- 
> ------------------------------ Rich Lafferty ---------------------------
>  Sysadmin/Programmer, Instructional and Information Technology Services
>    Concordia University, Montreal, QC                 (514) 848-7625
> ------------------------- rich@alcor.concordia.ca ----------------------
> 
> -- 
> IMP mailing list: http://horde.org/imp/
> Frequently Asked Questions: http://horde.org/faq/
> To unsubscribe, mail: imp-unsubscribe@lists.horde.org
> 
> 



---------------------------------
Harry Hoffman
Manager Information Technology
Restaurants Unlimited, Inc.
206.634.3082 x. 270
---------------------------------