On Apr 4, 2007, at Apr 4, 9:55 AM, Christopher Miles wrote: > The only other method for encoding a space is with a slash: > chris\ miles Will check this possibility out. > While there are rules about having spaces in an e-mail address, > there are no such rules about spaces in a user's name. This happens > a lot in Windows environments where the user name is often the > persons first and last name. I take it you are drawing a distinction between the user's name and the username, because the latter is of course part of the email address. > If the dot in the space works on his Windows machine then that > should work on his Macintosh as well. My suspicion is that his > outgoing server isn't setup correctly and that is where the problem > truly lies. OIT at UMASS, for instance, requires SSL for the > outgoing server if you are off campus. Other organizations may have > similar quirks > > http://www.oit.umass.edu/umail/software/configumail/ > mac_applemail.html > -- Miles OK, thanks, Miles. And thanks to all who have replied on this issue. I am always impressed with the lengths people will go to for clarity and completeness of response on this list, explaining nuances etc. It is very helpful. I hope to work more on this over the weekend. If I can confirm with the ISP what the real email name is (clearly it is not the name with the space in it!) and/or confirm that the outgoing server is not set up correctly, or confirm anything interesting at all :^) I'll post. Frieda /////////////////////////////////////////// Frieda Reichsman Molecules in Motion Interactive Molecular Structures http://www.moleculesinmotion.com /////////////////////////////////////////// -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://lists.hidden-tech.net/pipermail/hidden-discuss/attachments/20070404/c101c85e/attachment-0005.html