["Broadfoot, Kieran J" <Kieran.Broadfoot@gs.com>] Out of Office AutoReply: Are apostrophes valid in an email addres s?

[Aaron Trevena]

On 15 Feb 2006 09:05:22 -0800, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn at stonehenge.com> wrote:
> >>>>> "Aaron" == Aaron Trevena <aaron.trevena at gmail.com> writes:
>
> >> He might not be entirely in full control of what his employers shoves
> >> down his throat.
>
> Aaron> It is better for the mailing list software to catch that kind of thing
>
> That would be nice, but in this case, it's broken software that
> says "no matter whether this is bulk or not, reply to the From".
> So the reply never goes back through the list software.

You're right... I just got one in my inbox, and now I'll get another one..

There is a reason I use gmail for all my list subscriptions.. I have
to agree with you that somebody fucking up their autoresponder gets
very tedious very quickly if the list software doesn't catch it.

*sigh*

A.