Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!apple!sun-barr!newstop!texsun!texbell!sugar!ficc!peter From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Paths and Precedence (Re: Question about From: lines) Message-ID: Date: 3 Jul 90 17:22:59 GMT References: <2833.2674c5b3@mccall.com> <14298@ucsd.Edu> <2836.26750678@mccall.com> <42765@cornell.UUCP> <1990Jul2.235334.5511@vmp.com> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 8 In article <1990Jul2.235334.5511@vmp.com> oc@vmp.com (Orlan Cannon) writes: > On the other hand, I always look at the "a!b%c" as being just another > implemtation of " LOCALADDRESS @ HOST ". That is, after the original > host is stripped away, the "%" has the same meaning as "@" and the "!" > is merely another normal character to be dealt with by mailers that > don't know any better. The problem with this is that this means there's no way to say "a!(b@c)". -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180.