On Mon, 17 Oct 2016 19:11:29 -0400 Ruga <r...@protonmail.com> wrote: > rfc 822 (the actual standard):
Which as I mentioned is obsolete, but I'll play with you... > authentic = "From" ":" mailbox ; Single author / ... > mailbox = addr-spec ; simple address / phrase route-addr > addr-spec = local-part "@" domain And you left out the BNF of "phrase", didn't you? Tsk tsk! You can't pick and choose pieces of RFCs, you know. They come as a package deal. TL;DR, the header: From: "Dianne Skoll <d...@roaringpenguin.com>" <some...@spammer.org> is absolutely compliant with RFC-822 and its successors, RFC-2822 and RFC-5322. Regards, Dianne.