I would recommend that you not allow it. Not because of Exchange, but
because of an unknown issue you may have with some other mail
system/filter. Quotes of any kind can be particularly difficult because of
how they are used inherently in script-based apps.
I would err on the side of caution and not introduce anything that may
sporadically be problematic.
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On Tue, Mar 8, 2011 at 5:19 PM, xyz <x...@minneapolis.edu> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
>
>
> We have for example user John O'Brian.
>
> From what I read, John.O'br...@company.com is legal per RFC2822 but
> currently we have set john.obr...@company.com
>
> ...the local-part of the e-mail may use any of these ASCII characters:
>
> * Uppercase and lowercase letters
> * The digits 0 through 9
> * The characters,! # $ % & ' * + - / =? ^ _ ` { ¦ } ~
> * The character "." provided that it is not the first or last character in
> the local-part.
>
> However, I also read that some email applications may not process ( ' )
> correctly. ( I can deal with that with other SMTP address options if needed)
>
>
>
> (user AD login name is obrianjo, and has that default mailbox alias)
>
> In 2010 EXCHANGE MANAGEMENT CONSOLE - RECIPIENT CONFIGURATION - MAILBOX -
> John OBrian Properties, we show:
>
> GENERAL tab = John OBrian
>
> USER INFORMATION tab - Last Name=OBrian
>
> USER INFORMATION tab - Name=John OBrian
>
>
>
> At minimum, I would like this to display properly in the campus OAB.
>
> Would I need to change to O'Brian in all three fields above?
>
>
>
> I could then add John.O'br...@company.com as another SMTP email address,
> (or would this happen automatically by changing the above fields?)
>
> This is a new high level administrator so I want to be careful to not mess
> anything up.
>
>
>
> We have done this both ways on our old GROUPWISE system, but what is best
> practice in EXCHANGE?
>
>
>
> Thanks for your help.
>
>
>
> Dana
>
>
>
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