Posted by Tim Roberts on 06/15/07 05:57

Spartacus <nospam@nowhere.com> wrote:

>Jerry Stuckle wrote:
>
>> And why are you putting quotes in the from and to headers?
>
>Because they go like this (if you want them to, I believe):
>
>"John Doe" <john@doe.com>
>
>That's a legal email address, isn't it?

Yes, for the header lines in the email message, although the quotes aren't
necessary unless the name has certain special characters, so this is ok
too:
John Doe <john@doe.com>

However, the addresses that get passed as parameters to the "mail" command
are NOT headers in an email message. They are used in the SMTP dialog with
the mail server. The nickname part is not used there.
--
Tim Roberts, timr@probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.

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