FreeBSD-11.2
Postfix-3.3.1
cyrus-imapd-3.0.7
We have discovered that our maillog file has numerous occurrences of
this sort of error report:
postfix/local[92211]: warning: A7F5413745E: address with illegal
extension: sysadmin+root/cron/transfers/imanet
This error does not prevent the correct delivery of messages into
subfolders. The proximate cause of this are entries in virtual_domains
similar to:
ima...@host.harte-lyne.ca sysadmin+root/cron/transfers/imanet
Where we use '/' to delineate the folder hierarchy.
If we change the RHS in virtual_domains to use '.' then the error
messages in maillog disappear. However, if we use '.' instead of '/'
then the local delivery agent dumps the messages into the user's top
level mailbox instead of the desired folder.
Using '/' is dictated by cyrus-imap. Formerly cyrus-imap used '.' but
with the upgrade to v3 the use of '.' was deprecated and '/'
recommended in its place. Which we did.
My question is: what rfc makes the '/' illegal in a local delivery
address?
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