Re: [cobalt-users] RAQ3: Email alias with a "&" character

["[RaQ2] Chuck" <nagy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, Jeff Lasman wrote:

> David Thacker wrote:
> 
> > I've tried to add an email alias that includes a "&" character, but the RaQ3
> > GUI complains and does not add it.
> > 
> > Can I safely edit the /etc/virtusertable to manually add this alias, or will
> > this hose my email system?  Has anyone done this successfully?
> 
> I'm NOT looking at RFCs now, so I have no idea if the "&" sign is legal
> in an address or not.

Yes it is legal. No the Raq does not support it. If you go back to the
archives, I think someone already addressed that in march, and there is a
fix for the Cobalt scripts to allow them to accept the "&".