*Correction:* "So it seems postfix can accept special characters, I'm just not sure how to allow this for every *recipient*"
It allows special characters in senders local part of a email address It allows special characters in the recipients local part of a email address when the senders ip is in mynetworks. (I think postfix sees it as a internal/local mail) It does not allow special character for recipients when the senders ip is not in mynetworks. On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:46 AM Paul Fowler <pauldfow...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi Jaroslaw, > > Yes I think your correct. > > Just some further into, if I add the sender's IP to mynetworks then it > will accept the email with a special character "!" in the local part. > So it seems postfix can accept special characters, I'm just not sure how > to allow this for every sender. > > Regards, > Paul > > > On Wed, Mar 24, 2021 at 11:01 AM Jaroslaw Rafa <r...@rafa.eu.org> wrote: > >> Dnia 24.03.2021 o godz. 10:15:14 Paul Fowler pisze: >> > >> > Is it possible allow the use of special characters safely in the local >> part >> > of a email address. >> > We have a need to be able to accept emails that include special >> characters >> > like ! e.g. joe!b...@example.com >> > >> > When trying to send a test mail on a test server I get 'Relay Access >> > denied' >> >> I guess Postfix interprets "!" sign in the email address as an UUCP >> routing >> address, therefore "relay access denied". >> In terms of UUCP, "joe!b...@example.com" means that you want the receiving >> server (MX for "example.com" domain) to forward the mail via UUCP to the >> machine it knows as "joe" and deliver it to user "b" on that machine :) >> -- >> Regards, >> Jaroslaw Rafa >> r...@rafa.eu.org >> -- >> "In a million years, when kids go to school, they're gonna know: once >> there >> was a Hushpuppy, and she lived with her daddy in the Bathtub." >> >
