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I am trying to send mail to an email id having ampersand in it.

Like abc.&.xyz@abc.com

But it is not being sent.
I also tried prefixing backslash before and after ampersand

Need Help
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show HOW you're doing the mailing - code, please!
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I am using

mailx abc.&.xyz@abc.com
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I also tried

echo "Please Ignore" | mailx -s "Test Mail" ABC.\&\.XYZ@ABC.com
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echo "Please Ignore" | mailx -s "Test Mail" 'ABC.&.XYZ@ABC.com'
What do you get? Any error messages?
Is it being sent, but not being delivered?
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No it didnt gave any error and mail is not also not sent
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As i am not getting any error to the id i am using
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