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From: dweissman@amarna.gsfc.nasa.gov (WiseGuy)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: MX - what is it?
Keywords: mail exchange, mx
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Date: 23 Apr 91 15:03:23 GMT
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In article <3839@polari.UUCP>, gcs@polari.UUCP (Greg Sheppard) writes...
^ 
^ I've seen several references to the Mail Exchange (MX) type of
^addressing...is there some documentation I could ftp describing
^what exactly is a mail exchange, why the ...%...@... type of
^address, how a mail exchange works, what its purpose is, etc.?
^ 
Try RFC 974, RFC 1032, RFC 1033, RFC 1035 from NIC.DDN.MIL

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