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From: merritt@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov (John H Merritt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.sgi
Subject: Re: Sendmail, a question on Forwarding host
Keywords: sendmail.cf forwarding alzheimers
Message-ID: <4839@dftsrv.gsfc.nasa.gov>
Date: 10 Apr 91 14:32:21 GMT
References: <3591@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu>
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Reply-To: merritt@iris613.UUCP (John H Merritt)
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In article <3591@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> dale@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (dale chayes) writes:

>>>> MAIL From:<dale@gonzo.ldgo.columbia.edu>
>250 <dale@gonzo.ldgo.columbia.edu>... Sender ok
>>>> RCPT To:<@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu:dan@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>
>
>ODD PART:    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>250 <@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu:dan@hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>... Recipient ok

It is NOT odd.  It is a perfectly good address specification.

Here are two other examples (executed from the shell):
  mail '<@dftnic:y3jhm@scfvm>'
  mail '<@dftnic:user%xxxVM.bitnet@scfvm>'   - to reach other bitnet nodes,

Both forward through dftnic.

              John H. Merritt --> merritt@iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov
              Applied Research Corporation at NASA/GSFC
              "I am generally intolerant of ignorance,
               but I have made an exception in your case."