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: configurable delimiters needed in aliases file for x.400 addresses Message-ID: Date: 19 Jul 90 18:10:47 GMT References: <1585@merlin.bhpmrl.oz.au> <40713@think.Think.COM> Reply-To: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) Organization: Xenix Support, FICC Lines: 10 In article <40713@think.Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes: > The days are long gone when we should expect ordinary users to type > "addresses" into their mail system user interfaces. Why? People routinely key in phone numbers, and write addresses out by hand on envelopes. If the presented form of an address can change so radically what does one put on one's business card? I really don't see why E-mail addresses need be any more complex than phone-numbers, or street addresses at the worst. -- Peter da Silva. `-_-' +1 713 274 5180.