Re: [ietf-smtp] Valid RFC5322 address

[Ned Freed <[e-mail]>]

> Is this a valid address?

> 08:04:33.934 C: MAIL
> FROM:<github.agent:.github-hookshot/[e-mail]>
> 08:04:34.712 S: 250 2.1.0 Ok

> with the ':' and also '/' ??

No. The / is fine, but : is a special, and has to be quoted to be used in a
local part. RFC 5322 section 3.2.3.

> It appears to be accepted by various servers, including my own.

Our server doesn't allow it.

> This is related to a new project of handling a GitHub Webhook HTTP
> notifications sent to my web server.  The handler will the payload as
> a local message using the address:

> From: github agent: github-hookshot/7431eee

> That comes from an operator defined macro:

> From: github agent: {GITHUB-AGENT}

> Which is read from the JSON payload.

> If the setup happens to send the notification to an email address,
> then the mail is exported for SMTP to sent out.

> So I need to know if the address is valid. Its hard to decipher
> whether it is or not from the RFC5322/RFC5321 BNF. It seems to read
> the ':' and '/' characters are valid.

   addr-spec       =   local-part "@" domain

   local-part      =   dot-atom / quoted-string / obs-local-part

   dot-atom        =   [CFWS] dot-atom-text [CFWS]

   dot-atom-text   =   1*atext *("." 1*atext)

   atext           =   ALPHA / DIGIT /    ; Printable US-ASCII
                       "!" / "#" /        ;  characters not including
                       "$" / "%" /        ;  specials.  Used for atoms.
                       "&" / "'" /
                       "*" / "+" /
                       "-" / "/" /
                       "=" / "?" /
                       "^" / "_" /
                       "`" / "{" /
                       "|" / "}" /
                       "~"

Note tha absence of ":" in atext. The only way a ":" in a local-part
is within a quoted-string:

   quoted-string   =   [CFWS]
                       DQUOTE *([FWS] qcontent) [FWS] DQUOTE
                       [CFWS]

   qcontent        =   qtext / quoted-pair

   qtext           =   %d33 /             ; Printable US-ASCII
                       %d35-91 /          ;  characters not including
                       %d93-126 /         ;  "\" or the quote character
                       obs-qtext


				Ned