IMS: Unable to Handle Names Containing Equal Sign ("=")

Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
Article ID: Q160143

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Commercial Internet Server version 1.0

SUMMARY

Internet Mail Server (IMS) does not handle names containing an equal sign ("="); for example: x=x@domain.com.

STATUS

This is correct behavior. RFC 822 supports special characters; however, "=" is not a special character.

Additional query words: ip addresses
Keywords : kbusage
Version : 1.00
Platform : WINDOWS

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Last reviewed: February 3, 1998
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