On Tue, 13 Jan 2004 17:03:33 EST, "A. Harry Williams" <[log in to unmask]>  said:

> >> "\"HBLAHA@\""@.ORACLE.COM

> Except very few MTAs actually do it right.  However, is the domain part
> valid?  I didn't think it could start with a ".", and my quick persual
> of 822 leads me to still think that, but I didn't spend a lot of time on it.

You know... I miss a '.' a few more times, I may have to admit I'm getting
old enough to need reading glasses...

Geez.  Thanks, Harry. :)

(And no, the leading '.' on the domain is definitely bogus - rfc2821, section 4.1.2 has:

      Domain = (sub-domain 1*("." sub-domain)) / address-literal
      sub-domain = Let-dig [Ldh-str]

So there's no legal way to get a leading '.'