[imp] handling semicolon separated addresses

[Henry Blackman]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Rich Lafferty" <rich@horde.org>
To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 3:06 PM
Subject: Re: [imp] handling semicolon separated addresses


> On Tue, Jul 31, 2001 at 01:02:44PM +0200, daniel huhardeaux
(daniel.huhardeaux@tootai.com) wrote:
> >
> > From: "Rich Lafferty" <rich@horde.org>
> > To: <imp@lists.horde.org>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 31, 2001 1:54 AM
> > Subject: Re: [imp] handling semicolon separated addresses
> >
> >
> > >...
> > > Users run into this, I think, because Outlook (Express?) reportedly
> > > believes that semicolons are syntactic sugar equivalent to
> > > commas. (Could someone with Outlook or Outlook Express test this for
> > > me?)
> >
> > Yes, Outlook Express use semicolons (plus space) to separate adresses
>
> Oy. Plus SPACE? Man, embrace and replace. Two more questions -- first,
> do commas work as well, or are semicolons required? And what would
> this look like in Outlook Express:
>
>   To: Rich <rich@horde.org>, IMP list <imp@lists.horde.org>
>
> I'm not sure I grok the "plus space" part.

I've replied to this message using that header, it seems to work OK.  Do we
really need to worry about OE doing things in a non-standard fashion though?
Here, I encourage everyone to use the correct method, and I don't think
people even know they can use a semi-colon (fortunately).

Henry

Henry Blackman
IBIS Systems Officer
Chester College of HE
http://www.chester.ac.uk/