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From: jbaltz@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu (Jerry B. Altzman)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: You can't get to Austria from here!
Message-ID: <1990Dec10.214034.3895@cunixf.cc.columbia.edu>
Date: 10 Dec 90 21:40:34 GMT
References: <1990Dec7.172826.2643@engin.umich.edu> <1990Dec7.180244.13049@mp.cs.niu.edu> <1990Dec09.211009.6633@comp.vuw.ac.nz>
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In article <1990Dec09.211009.6633@comp.vuw.ac.nz> Andy.Linton@comp.vuw.ac.nz writes:
>
>In RFC 822, Appendix C.  DIFFERENCES FROM RFC #733,
>
>C.5.5.  AT-SIGN
>
>        The string " at " no longer is used as an  address  delimiter.
>        Only at-sign ("@") serves the function.
>
>This is dated August 13, 1982 - how long does it take to get this out of
>the sytem? (:-)

Until IBM decides to unsupport "user AT host" nje addresses  :-)


>andy
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