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From: munnari!anu.anu.oz.au!gih900@CSC.DNET (Geoff Huston)
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Subject: RE: NEWS_ADDRESS.CNF Question
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Date: 22 Jan 90 13:54:34 GMT
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>I have the following line in my NEWS_ADDRESS.CNF file:
>
>*@*   "in%""\001@\002"""
>
>and I thought that would handle any and all non-local addresses, but...
>
>when I tried to REPLY to user@node.UUCP it did not build the correct address,
>so I added the line:
>
>*@*.*    "in%""\001@\002.\003"""
>
>and it built the correct address.
>
>QUESTION: Do I need to add *@*.*.* [...] to get any and all combinations?
     
With V5.9, the mail address is NOT passed through the DCL parser -
     
Therefore I would've thought the entry
     
    *@*		in%"\001@\002"
     
whould do what you want.
     
     
Geoff Huston