linux-kernel - Re: MAINTAINERS: standardize James Bottomley's name

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Message-ID: <4A775EC5.6060003@zytor.com>
Date:	Mon, 03 Aug 2009 15:03:49 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	Frans Pop <elendil@...net.nl>
CC:	James.Bottomley@...senpartnership.com, joe@...ches.com,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: MAINTAINERS: standardize James Bottomley's name

On 08/03/2009 02:22 PM, Frans Pop wrote:
> H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Now, obs- usually indicates an obsolete (deprecated
>> backwards-compatibility) production, but the text states:
>>
>> 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
>> standard.  Period (nor any other character from specials) was not
>> allowed in phrase because it introduced a parsing difficulty
>> distinguishing between phrases and portions of an addr-spec (see
>> section 4.4).  It appears here because the period character is
>> currently used in many messages in the display-name portion of
>> addresses, especially for initials in names, and therefore must be
>> interpreted properly.  In the future, period may appear in the
>> regular syntax of phrase.
>  
> Interesting.
> 
> Does that mean that vger can stop refusing mails because they include an 
> address that has an unquoted name with initials?

If it does it's not RFC 2822 compliant.

	-hpa
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