Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!usc!ucsd!ucbvax!GATEWAY.MITRE.ORG!barns From: barns@GATEWAY.MITRE.ORG Newsgroups: comp.protocols.tcp-ip Subject: Re: question about SMTP MX records Message-ID: <9010261212.AA13709@gateway.mitre.org> Date: 26 Oct 90 12:12:14 GMT References: <60201@bbn.BBN.COM> Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 7 Ouch, Craig, I hope I didn't hear you say that every host X that is an MX for another host Y is required to support the percent hack, that is, treat user%Y@X equivalently to user@Y? It works in most places, probably, but I don't remember this ever being raised as even a proposed requirement... Bill Barns / MITRE-Washington / barns@gateway.mitre.org