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Title:

cfmail - Accent characters in email address

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Status/Resolution/Reason: Closed/Withdrawn/Duplicate

Reporter/Name(from Bugbase): Jake Munson / ()

Created: 12/14/2018

Components: Net Protocols, MAIL

Versions: 2016

Failure Type: Non Functioning

Found In Build/Fixed In Build: 2016,0,07,311392 /

Priority/Frequency: Normal / Some users will encounter

Locale/System: English / Win 2008 Server R2 64 bit

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Problem Description: Trying to send an email with cfmail using an email address containing a foreign character throws an error.

Steps to Reproduce: Run this code:
<cfmail to="jacób@example.com" from="jacób.munson@example.com" subject="Test international characters">Test international characters</cfmail>

Actual Result: This error:
Attribute validation error for tag CFMAIL.
The value of the attribute to, which is currently jacób@example.com, is invalid. 

Expected Result: Email is sent.

Any Workarounds: None that I know of. I should note that if the email with special characters is in the FROM attribute, the message sends fine.

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