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From: ramani@CS.Stanford.EDU (Ramani Pichumani)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: HP E-Mail Questions: Thanks
Message-ID: <1991Jan23.195252.19378@Neon.Stanford.EDU>
Date: 23 Jan 91 19:52:52 GMT
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Thanks to all who replied to my query on how to send mail to ajo'brien
at hp6650/26.  What worked for me was the following:

	a_j_o'brien@hp6650.desk.hp.com

Apparently the "/26" is not needed anymore - the HP mail relay
apparently resolves it.  Also, if I were to type the address from
the shell (which I didn't), I would have needed to escape the quote:

	a_j_o\'brien@hp6650.desk.hp.com

Interestingly enough, when I received a reply from him, his return
address was listed as:

	a_j_o_brien%26@hp6650.desk.hp.com

Notice that the quote has been changed to an underscore and the 26
has been restored.

For the sake of completeness, I was told that my address from the
perspective of HP Desk is as follows:

	ramani@patience.stanford.edu /HPUNIX/UX

Although, in his reply message, it was simply:

	ramani@patience.stanford.edu

I guess the HP Desk system must recognize Internet addresses 
although I wouldn't stake my life on it.

I guess someone out there must understand how all
these mailers work.  Most of us are just grateful that they do!


Ramani Pichumani                        Tel: (415) 723-2902 or 723-2437
Department of Computer Science                      Fax: (415) 725-7411
Margaret Jacks Hall, Room 308       email: ramani@patience.stanford.edu
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