Does RCM handle all special characters in email address allowed per the RFC?
Originally Published: 2011-05-23
Last Modified: 2023-10-06
Article Number
Applies To
RSA Certificate Manager 6.8
RSA Registration Manager (RRM)
RSA Registration Manager 6.8
Issue
Does RRM handle all special characters in email address allowed per the RFC?
Trouble vetting a new certificate, error that the email address is not valid but it complies with RFC-5322. Uable to issue certificate.
Customer would like all the characters defined in the RFC standards be available for use. The Wikipedia page at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Email_address
sums it up pretty well. Would also like to see that the proper length be allowed (254 characters for both forward and reverse parts of the address). The appropriate RFC standards are referenced on this Wikipedia page. One section is quoted below containing the character set:? Uppercase and lowercase English letters (a-z, A-Z)
? Digits 0 to 9
? Characters ! # $ % & * + - / = ? ^ _ ` { | } ~
? Character . (dot, period, full stop) provided that it is not the first or last character, and provided also that it does not appear two or more times consecutively (e.g. John..Doe@example.com)
Cause
! # $ % & ' * / = ? ^ ` { | } ~
Resolution
! # $ % & ' * / = ? ^ ` { | } ~
An RFE has been submitted CERTMGR-3890.
