On Fri, 28 Jan 2011 15:17:54 -0700, Jake Edge <jake at lwn.net> wrote: > Hi Carl and Thomas, > > On Sat, 29 Jan 2011 05:59:38 +1000 Carl Worth wrote: > > > Yes, I believe this is related to the dot in the name. From my > > recollection a name with an address requires quoting. So the header > > that is currently formatted as: > > > > From: LWN.net Weekly Notification <lwn at lwn.net> > > > > should instead be: > > > > From: "LWN.net Weekly Notification" <lwn at lwn.net> > > I am by no means an expert, but http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2821.txt > would seem to indicate that names with a '.' in them don't need to be > quoted as there are several lines in the Scenarios section that look > like: > > C: From: John Q. Public <JQP at bar.com> > > unless the problem is XXX.yyy (i.e. no spaces on either side of the > '.'), but that seems like a pretty arbitrary differentiator (i.e. 'Q. ' > is fine, but 'LWN.net' isn't)
The syntax is defined in http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc2822.html in particular section 3.2.4. From that it appears the unquoted use of [a-Z][.a-Z]* is valid. However, I shall leave the intricacies to those whose understand and appreciate the whole problem... -Chris -- Chris Wilson, Intel Open Source Technology Centre