Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!zardoz.cpd.com!tmiuv0!rick
From: rick@tmiuv0.uucp
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: How do you reply to !foo.uucp addresses?
Message-ID: <2189@tmiuv0.uucp>
Date: 7 Jun 90 14:03:06 GMT
References: <1990Jun4.152017.8229@csmil.umich.edu>
Organization: Technology Marketing Inc., Irvine, CA
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In article <1990Jun4.152017.8229@csmil.umich.edu>, chymes@fribourg.csmil.umich.edu (Charles Hymes) writes:
> How do I send mail to people with addresses like 
> 
> !cs.utexas.edu!ut-emx!waf2000!will
> 
> and other ! filled addresss? I dont know how to fill the To: line so that Mhmail
> dosen't choke.
> Charlweed

I'm not familiar with Mhmail, but the "!" addresses (also known as "uucp paths"
or "bang paths") are pretty straight forward.  The leading "!" (bang) indicates
a well-known or "backbone" site, such as UUNET.  For example, the bang path
to the system where I'm posting this from is "!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick" which means
that mail should be sent to a well known system.  From there, it goes to
"zardoz", from there to "tmiuv0" (my local VAX) and into my user account,
"rick".  The full bang path would (with well known host included) would be
"however-you-get-to-uunet!uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick".

As a further example, to send mail from my home Amiga to this system, the
whole bang path is:

    (host system is amoeba2, my user name is "rps2"):
    conexch!ccicpg!perigrine!uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick

A bit messy.  That's why "smart mailers" and "domains" are so nice.  Look
at the stuff below to see how the above path was created.  The source
machine is "Home Amiga (Best!!)", the destination was "Work (ugh!)"

  .-------------------------------------------------------------------------.
 / [- O] Rick Stevens (All opinions are mine. Everyone ignores them anyway.) \
|    ?   +--------------------------------------------------------------------|
|    V   | uunet!zardoz!tmiuv0!rick             (<-- Work (ugh!))             |
|--------+ uunet!zardoz!xyclone!sysop           (<-- Home Unix (better!))     |
|  uunet!perigrine!ccicpg!conexch!amoeba2!rps2  (<-- Home Amiga (Best!!)      |
 \ 75006.1355@compuserve.com (CIS: 75006,1355)  (<-- CI$)                    /
  `-------------------------------------------------------------------------'
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