Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!usc!wuarchive!psuvax1!rutgers!bellcore!ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com!pc From: pc@ALEX.wif.ctt.bellcore.com (Peter Clitherow) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: mail to DECNET address with "," in username?? Message-ID: <1991Mar29.011911.10451@bellcore.bellcore.com> Date: 29 Mar 91 01:19:11 GMT Sender: usenet@bellcore.bellcore.com (Poster of News) Reply-To: Organization: Bellcore - Wierd Ideas Factory Lines: 20 anyone have any good ideas on how to fool DECNet into using an address with a "," in it? internally, it seems a user of this network can do Mail host1::host2::username,ii where "ii" might be a person's initials. however, the gateway i use attempts to send to "ii" and "username", even when i do something like: Mail "host1::host2::username,ii"@decgateway.site.com suggestions? thanks pc peter clitherow, bellcore, pc@bellcore.com 444 hoes lane, room 1h-213, piscataway, nj 08854-4182 (908) 699-3322