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From: ahd@kendra.kew.com (Drew Derbyshire)
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Subject: Support your local PostMaster (was Re: Standard site aliases . . .)
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Date: 25 Sep 90 12:02:11 GMT
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From article <5376@thebes.Thalatta.COM>, by campbell@Thalatta.COM (Bill Campbell):
> Has anyone come up with a standard set of aliases such as:
> 	postmaster
> 	support
> 	info
> 	usenet
> 
> This would help standardize requests for information when you
> don't know anyone at the site.  I have had mail bounced when
> addressed to site!postmaster, and I thought that that was
> supposed to be universal!

If postmaster doesn't work, call them up on the telephone and yell at
them.  It's NOT required on uucp sites, but is on internet sites, and
generally a nice practice.

-ahd-