DOCUMENT:Q139139  08-OCT-1997  [msnetwork]
TITLE   :Cannot Send E-mail to Address Containing Exclamation Point
PRODUCT :The Microsoft Network
PROD/VER:1.00 1.2 1.3 2.00
OPER/SYS:WINDOWS
KEYWORDS:msnmail

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 - The Microsoft Network versions 1.0, 1.05, 1.2, 1.3, 2.0, 2.5
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SUMMARY
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You cannot send e-mail messages to addresses that include an exclamation
point (!). For example, you cannot send an e-mail message to the following
address:

   tac!jms!smith@txttac.attmail.com

MORE INFORMATION
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If you send e-mail to an address with an exclamation point, you receive
a non-delivery message from the System Administrator stating "Mailbox
not available."

The Microsoft Network does not allow an exclamation point as part of an
e-mail address. An exclamation point indicates path information within the
recipient's internal e-mail system and is not part of Internet e-mail
syntax.

When someone sends you an e-mail message, the message header contains
that person's valid e-mail address.

Additional query words: 1.00 1.05 1.20 1.30 2.00 2.50 email msn
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Keywords          : msnmail 
Version           : 1.00 1.2 1.3 2.00
Platform          : WINDOWS

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