It's NOT qmail that is saying that. What MUA are you using? An '=' is a perfectly valid character in an email address. On Thu, 23 Sep 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is an '=' an illegal character in an email > address? > > I am running qmail-1.03 on two diferent machines > and all seems to work well (indide and out) I > have also installed ezmlm on one... > > I send a message to subscribe and get a response > from ezmlm withe the authorization message that > has a huge email address that contains 1 equal > symbol. > > When I try to reply to this my qmail (without the > ezmlm) tells me that the address contains illegal > characters... > Testing different addresses I have determined > that it is the = that it is having trouble with... > > (it dosen't make it to the machine with ezmlm, > which is why I am asking on the qmail-list > instead of the ezmlm list *wink*) > > Any help appreciated.. > > Wil. > > (BTW, I used to be a devout sendmailist, but I > will never look at it again! Qmail is the best!) > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > This message was sent using Imaginet WebMail. > http://www.imag.net/ > > > --------------------------------- Timothy L. Mayo mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Senior Systems Administrator localconnect(sm) http://www.localconnect.net/ The National Business Network Inc. http://www.nb.net/ One Monroeville Center, Suite 850 Monroeville, PA 15146 (412) 810-8888 Phone (412) 810-8886 Fax