Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!texbell!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: is uunet breaking your headers? Message-ID: <4AW3I+3@ggpc2.ferranti.com> Date: 3 Jun 90 13:49:22 GMT References: <-RU3HM4@xds13.ferranti.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 14 In article karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu writes: > peter@ficc.ferranti.com writes: > > "OWHN!user@F.Q.D.N" as "F.Q.D.N!OWHN!user" in the From: line... > What you should do is rewrite it as user%OWHN@F.Q.D.N, if you want to > rewrite it at all. Then it will only break on micnet sites that still > use "machine%user". > Offhand, I don't know what micnet is. "!%@:" doesn't mention it. It's an old (Microsoft?) net-mail system used at some sites that have old pre-SCO Xenix systems. Like Ferranti. Oh well. Do what you have to do. -- `-_-' Peter da Silva. +1 713 274 5180. 'U` Have you hugged your wolf today? @FIN Dirty words: Zhghnyyl erphefvir vayvar shapgvbaf.