[imp] handling semicolon separated addresses

Eric Jon Rostetter eric.rostetter@physics.utexas.edu
Mon, 30 Jul 2001 18:42:10 -0500 (CDT)


Quoting Liam Hoekenga <liamr@umich.edu>:

> > I missed the start of this thread, but semicolons aren't valid
> > address separators.  Simple as that.
> 
> Acc'd to rfc822, they are:
> 
>    http://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc822/
> 
> 	3.4.6. BRACKETING CHARACTERS
> 
> 	   There are three types of brackets which must occur in  matched
> 	   pairs, and which may NOT be nested:
> 
> 	       o   Colon/semi-colon (":" and ";") are   used  in  address
> 	           specifications  to  indicate that the included list of
> 	           addresses are to be treated as a group.

Nope, the semicolon is then part of the group, not a seperator.

> Liam Hoekenga
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