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From: les@chinet.chi.il.us (Leslie Mikesell)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Question about From: lines
Message-ID: <1990Jul2.204816.1895@chinet.chi.il.us>
Date: 2 Jul 90 20:48:16 GMT
References: <14495@ucsd.Edu> <1990Jun25.153424.27594@chinet.chi.il.us> <3001.2688df6b@mccall.com>
Organization: Chinet - Public Access UNIX
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In article <3001.2688df6b@mccall.com> tp@mccall.com writes:

>It'd be funny
>if we started seeing host names like:

>    pcbbs.NotPartOf.Berkeley.edu

I had in mind something like:
  site2.site1.bang.Berkeley.edu
meaning:  consult the rules for delivering to subdomains under the
          subdomain "bang" to obtain the routing for the message.
This notation would make it clear that no one except a gateway for
Berkely.edu has any business interpreting it as well as being a
legal address everywhere that domain addresses are wanted.
If the path contains characters that would be illegal as subdomain
names something like this might work:
  6973657421316973657432.hex.Berkeley.edu

Les Mikesell
  les@chinet.chi.il.us