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From: usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.wizards
Subject: Origin of the percent sign
Keywords: percent, rfc822
Message-ID: <5118@cps3xx.UUCP>
Date: 25 Oct 89 15:09:41 GMT
Reply-To: weaver@pms018.pms.ford.com
Organization: Michigan State University, Engineering, E. Lansing
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I have a question for all you network trivia people.  Where lies the
origin of the percent sign in mail (ie weaver%mach1@gate1)?  I have
read rfc822, rfc733, and even rfc561 with no luck.  Is this an
aberration of the above, or just some widely accepted nonstandard?

Mail to me and I will post the answer to save bandwidth...

Thanks in advance

Jeff Weaver
Ford Motor
weaver@pms018.pms.ford.com