Hi!

I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.

Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account names
are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?

Thanks!

On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:55:48 GMT, Noozer wrote:

> Hi!
>
> I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.
>
> Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account names
> are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?
>
> Thanks!

Here are a couple:
http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx
http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home....256C40004CC8C6

Ick! : )

Not a programmer here, so reading regular expressions doesn't work for me.

Just trying to settle an argument about an email address.

(E-Mail Removed) (a dot underscore bc at here dot com)

Is dot underscore a valid combination in the middle of an email address?
Trying to find the RFC or other rule that defines whether or not this type
of addres should be allowed.


"BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:55:48 GMT, Noozer wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> > I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.
> >
> > Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account
names
> > are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?
> >
> > Thanks!
>
> Here are a couple:
> http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx
>
http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home....256C40004CC8C6

Yes it is valid , because you can use both symbols in e-mail address.

"Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1> wrote in message
news:UiYRb.321649$ts4.129038@pd7tw3no...
> Ick! : )
>
> Not a programmer here, so reading regular expressions doesn't work for me.
>
> Just trying to settle an argument about an email address.
>
> (E-Mail Removed) (a dot underscore bc at here dot com)
>
> Is dot underscore a valid combination in the middle of an email address?
> Trying to find the RFC or other rule that defines whether or not this type
> of addres should be allowed.
>
>
> "BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> > On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:55:48 GMT, Noozer wrote:
> >
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.
> > >
> > > Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account
> names
> > > are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> >
> > Here are a couple:
> > http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx
> >
>
http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home....256B280015193F
87256C40004CC8C6
>
>

On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:17:56 GMT, "Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
wrote:

>Ick! : )
>
>Not a programmer here, so reading regular expressions doesn't work for me.
>
>Just trying to settle an argument about an email address.
>
> (E-Mail Removed) (a dot underscore bc at here dot com)
>
>Is dot underscore a valid combination in the middle of an email address?
>Trying to find the RFC or other rule that defines whether or not this type
>of addres should be allowed.

The two that likely apply to your question are:

http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1034.html
http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc974.html

882 and 883 also apply but are obsolete.

And basically, a valid email address currently consists of the
account, followed by the @ character, followed by the host/domain
which will answer with an appropriate MX record in DNS. Systems may
or may not be case sensitive, and alphanumeric characters will be
recognized as well as characters valid on the receiving system for the
account portion.

Beyond that, the RFC's don't state "This is the valid character set"
because it can be different based on the systems involved. And yes,
dots and underscores are honored by pretty much all current POP server
programs.

Jeff

>"BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
>news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:55:48 GMT, Noozer wrote:
>>
>> > Hi!
>> >
>> > I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.
>> >
>> > Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account
>names
>> > are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>>
>> Here are a couple:
>> http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx
>>
>http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home....256C40004CC8C6
>

Thanks everyone...

Now our admin is admitting that it is a valid address, but "to allow it's
use would make maintenance a nightmare!"

I love working at the cirus.

Thanks again!

"Jeff Cochran" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> On Thu, 29 Jan 2004 00:17:56 GMT, "Noozer" <postmaster@127.0.0.1>
> wrote:
>
> >Ick! : )
> >
> >Not a programmer here, so reading regular expressions doesn't work for
me.
> >
> >Just trying to settle an argument about an email address.
> >
> > (E-Mail Removed) (a dot underscore bc at here dot com)
> >
> >Is dot underscore a valid combination in the middle of an email
address?
> >Trying to find the RFC or other rule that defines whether or not this
type
> >of addres should be allowed.
>
> The two that likely apply to your question are:
>
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc1034.html
> http://www.faqs.org/rfcs/rfc974.html
>
> 882 and 883 also apply but are obsolete.
>
> And basically, a valid email address currently consists of the
> account, followed by the @ character, followed by the host/domain
> which will answer with an appropriate MX record in DNS. Systems may
> or may not be case sensitive, and alphanumeric characters will be
> recognized as well as characters valid on the receiving system for the
> account portion.
>
> Beyond that, the RFC's don't state "This is the valid character set"
> because it can be different based on the systems involved. And yes,
> dots and underscores are honored by pretty much all current POP server
> programs.
>
> Jeff
>
> >"BobC" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> >news:(E-Mail Removed)...
> >> On Wed, 28 Jan 2004 21:55:48 GMT, Noozer wrote:
> >>
> >> > Hi!
> >> >
> >> > I'm not having much luck with Google or the RFC website.
> >> >
> >> > Can someone point to me a reference that defines what email account
> >names
> >> > are or aren't valid for a POP3 email account?
> >> >
> >> > Thanks!
> >>
> >> Here are a couple:
> >> http://www.regexlib.com/DisplayPatterns.aspx
> >>
>
>http://www.breakingpar.com/bkp/home....7256B280015193
F87256C40004CC8C6
> >
>