Re: tlug: valid mail address

[Dmytro Kovalev <kovald@example.com>]

>>>>> "Darren" == Darren Cook <darren@example.com> writes:

    Darren> Would something like: darren"@"cook@example.com or
    Darren> darren(@)cook@example.com be allowed, or can the

darren(@)cook@example.com not allowed because:

rfc822
[...]
     atom        =  1*<any CHAR except specials, SPACE and CTLs>
     comment     =  "(" *(ctext / quoted-pair / comment) ")"
[...]

and
[...]

                     -  individual special characters
                     -  quoted-strings
                     -  domain-literals
                     -  comments
                     -  atoms

        The first four of these symbols  are  self-delimiting.   Atoms
        are not; they are delimited by the self-delimiting symbols and
                      ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
        by  linear-white-space.   For  the  purposes  of  regenerating
        sequences  of  atoms  and quoted-strings, exactly one SPACE is
        assumed to exist, and should be used, between them.  (Also, in
[...]
----------

and (@) is comment not allowed inside atom (which is
'darrencook'). It would be allowed in case
darren.(@) cook@example.com 
In this case 

darren atom
(@)    comment
.      special
cook   atom      

For similar reason first one is not allowed too:
 
darren"@"cook@example.com

darren	atom
"@"	atom
cook	atom

...
@example.com

- Dmytro

    Darren> quoted text only contain characters that would be legal?

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Dmytro Kovalev
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E-mail: dmytro.kovalev@example.com	
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