On 2019 Mar 26 13:17:00, you wrote to me:

 ml>> MSGID/REPLY are 3D/4D with the zone...

 MF> Ah, that answers a question I was going to ask elsewhere ;-)

:)

 MF> I now have another question .....

 MF> Would a 5D address :/.@ in the MSGID
 MF> cause any problems.

MSGID is just an identifier of the message... having the domain should not hurt
anything that doesn't try to parse it... parsing MSGIDs is BadJuJu...
especially if trying to parse the first field, the (supposed) address of the
originating system...

 ml>> i just wanted to clarify the terminology...

 MF> Many thanks indeed for posting the info, very interesting and useful.

you're welcome :)

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