Re: domain ABNF

Tony Finch <dot@dotat.at> Sun, 23 August 2009 00:14 UTC

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On Wed, 19 Aug 2009, Hector Santos wrote:
>
> Just a confirmation, is a domain allowed to have single and double quotes?

Not in SMTP.

   Domain         = sub-domain *("." sub-domain)
   sub-domain     = Let-dig [Ldh-str]
   Let-dig        = ALPHA / DIGIT
   Ldh-str        = *( ALPHA / DIGIT / "-" ) Let-dig

The 822/2822/5322 syntax is more liberal. However double quotes are still
not permitted except in domain literals.

In email the ' character is used as an apostrophe not as a quotation mark
(except by Microsoft).

Tony.
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