[batv-tech] BATV and side effects (mailing lists, etc)

[John Levine]

>So far the only issue I have seen reported is with Alligate SMTP
>gateway rejecting BATV signed e-mail and this was from an Exim
>mailing list.

This was buggy software rejecting addresses that contain a slash.  I found
that it happened enough that I changed my version (and later the spec) to
use only equal signs.

It's kind of surprising, since X.400 gateway addresses always had slashes,
but broken software knows no bounds, I guess.

R's,
John