> We are having some problems with how squirrelmail process some e-mail > addresses when they are encoded in this way: > > =?US-ASCII?Q?Martinez Guerrero=2c_Rafael?= <r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx> I don't think that spaces are allowed in the encoded string, so make sure that the software sending you these mails encode the e-mail addresses correctly. Unfortunately I don't remember which RFC is violated. Which software is sending you this? Which SquirrelMail version do you use? > This line is the samme as this one: > "martinez guerrero, rafael" <r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > When squirrelmail 'replay to' one of these encoded addresses it > translates them to: > > "martinez" guerrero, "rafael" <r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx> > > As you can see, two addresses. The first one with the e-mail part like > 'guerrero'. In our system, users can send emails to other users at the > university only using the username (without the @domain part). > > If you are unlucky, a user is replaying to the address in the example > and 'guerrero' exist in the system as a valid username, the user will be > sending two e-mails, one to the rigth address (r.m.guerrero@xxxxxxxxxxx) > and the second to a user with a username like 'guerrero' (that in most > cases they do not know) > > Can we do anything to change this behavior?. Suggestions?. Other e-mail > clients translate this encoded addresses in the rigth way. I think you mean that other e-mail clients allows decoding of invalid encoded e-mail addresses. > PD.- We can ask users to verify the TO header before they send an e- > mail. But this is real problem, users do not verify the TO header when > they are replaying to an e-mail. Sincerely, Fredrik ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Take Surveys. Earn Cash. Influence the Future of IT Join SourceForge.net's Techsay panel and you'll get the chance to share your opinions on IT & business topics through brief surveys - and earn cash http://www.techsay.com/default.php?page=join.php&p=sourceforge&CID=DEVDEV -- squirrelmail-users mailing list Posting Guidelines: http://www.squirrelmail.org/wiki/MailingListPostingGuidelines List Address: squirrelmail-users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx List Archives: http://news.gmane.org/thread.php?group=gmane.mail.squirrelmail.user List Archives: http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?forum_id=2995 List Info: https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/squirrelmail-users
