perhaps even worse, it's redundant. why say
user(_at_)domain(_dot_)com <user(_at_)domain(_dot_)com>
or even
"user(_at_)domain(_dot_)com" <user(_at_)domain(_dot_)com>
when simply
user(_at_)domain(_dot_)com
will do?
Because in Microsoft's Outlook and Outlook Express, if a
user is in your addressbook and you send a message to that
user, only their friendly name ("Keith Moore") appears in
the "To:" line. You must click your mouse on the name to
see the user(_at_)host form of the name. The workaround is
to put moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu in the friendly name field so
that moore(_at_)cs(_dot_)utk(_dot_)edu displays in the "To:" line, which
is a more natural address for email for many, many
people.
a phrase containing another copy of the address conveys no additional
information, it just wastes bandwidth and invites stupid mail handling tools
to play with it.
-d