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From: snoopy@sopwith (Snoopy)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: Paths and Precedence (Re: Question about From: lines)
Message-ID: <1990Jul8.034615.15497@sopwith>
Date: 8 Jul 90 03:46:15 GMT
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In article <696@logicon.com> Makey@Logicon.COM (Jeff Makey) writes:

| RFC 1123 also makes it quite clear that only host "a" has the option
| of rewriting "a!b%c" as "a!c!b".

If all this is so clear, why do we have all these studly mail wizards
arguing about this stuff?

Keep it simple, stupid.  Use bang paths.

[1] _That_Hideous_Name_, Rob Pike and P.J. Weinberger

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