Ken and David,
thanks for the clarifications. i didn't even think to look at the rules
for sending, rather than receiving. i guess we implement *half* of
Postel's strategy for interoperability: be conservative in what you send
[we are], and liberal in what you accept [not w.r.t. periods, anyway].
Right (in incoming, but not newly created, messages). This note in
RFC 5322 Sec 4.1 is kinda interesting, esp. in light of the comment
below:
Note: The "period" (or "full stop") character (".") in obs-phrase
is not a form that was allowed in earlier versions of this or any
other specification.
proobably that should have been re-worded in rfc5322, as, the same
verbiage exists in rfc2822.
thanks again.
cheers, Greg