On Mon, May 08, 2000 at 05:51:22PM -0400, Timothy L. Mayo wrote:
> On Mon, 8 May 2000, David L. Nicol wrote:
>
> RFC 821 page 29 (Section 4.1.2 COMMAND SYNTAX)
>
> <mailbox> ::= <local-part> "@" <domain>
> <domain> ::= <element> | <element "." <domain>
> <element> ::= <name> | "#" <number> | "[" <dotnum> "]"
> <dotnum> ::= <snum> "." <snum> "." <snum> "." <snum>
> <snum> ::= one, two, or three digits representing a decimal integer value
> in the range 0 through 255
>
> The item you missed was the third form of the <element>.
Note that this definition is incorrect, in that it allows stuff like
[10.10.10.1].vuurwerk.nl
I think this was superseded in a later RFC.
Greetz, Peter.
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Peter van Dijk - student/sysadmin/ircoper/madly in love/pretending coder
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