As far as the transmission of e-mails is concerned, BiKenG is right. But there's nothing in the e-mail standards to prevent the e-mail destination interpreting names however it likes -- that's not twisting or bending the rules at all. The parallel is with the name at the top of an address on paper post. The postal service is not allowed to assume that Frederika Example and Fred Example of 25 Main Street are the same person, but she herself is. Similarly, the e-mail delivery system, including Groups.io as a mailing list processor, must assume that frederika@... and fred.nospam@... are different, but they might well arrive in the same mailbox.
? - Mark
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On Fri, Jul 27, 2018 at 05:01 PM, BiKenG wrote:
In an email address, all characters are equal. ...
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At least, that is the standard and the SMTP servers that transmit messages all around the planet have to abide by these rules or it all falls apart.