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From: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: use of % (was: Making smail2.5 understand <user>%<site>@<site>)
Summary: % must die!
Keywords: patches, smail2.5, %@
Message-ID: <6540@ficc.uu.net>
Date: 15 Oct 89 16:32:20 GMT
References: <1989Oct5.053531.24832@egsner.cirr.com> <9672@b-tech.ann-arbor.mi.us> <586@trwrc.RC.TRW.COM> <Oct.9.13.58.43.1989.23064@NET.BIO.NET> <126099@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> <1175@unify.UUCP> <126303@sun.Eng.Sun.COM>
Reply-To: peter@ficc.uu.net (Peter da Silva)
Organization: Xenix Support, FICC
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Intel forges to the lead in incompatibilities again.

Intel's OpenNET software uses % to indicate machine names. So far, so good.
Unfortunately it gives it ! syntax. If I send mail to someone outside my
subnet they will see:

	ficc%peter

If they're on uucp, they will see:

	ficc%peter, remote from ficc

Their mail user agent will generate this reply:

	ficc!peter!ficc

What fun, eh?
-- 
Peter da Silva, *NIX support guy @ Ferranti International Controls Corporation.
Biz: peter@ficc.uu.net, +1 713 274 5180. Fun: peter@sugar.hackercorp.com. `-_-'
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