Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sun-barr!lll-winken!aunro!alberta!cpsc.ucalgary.ca!yogi.fhhosp.ab.ca!janus.mtroyal.ab.ca!ewilts From: ewilts@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca (Ed Wilts) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.datacomm Subject: Re: Mail addresses...which one is correct? Message-ID: <1991May17.135218.8338@janus.mtroyal.ab.ca> Date: 17 May 91 19:52:17 GMT References: <1991May16.131635.19878@ns.network.com> Organization: BC Systems Corporation, Victoria, B.C. Lines: 29 In article <1991May16.131635.19878@ns.network.com>, guy@ns.network.com (Guy D'Andrea) writes: > I have received mail many times and sometimes I do a "r" for reply while in > mail, I get the mail back. It got to me, why can't I send the other way? This obviously isn't the correct newsgroup for your question since the amiga doesn't have a mail utility, but I'll give you a quicky answer that may get you started. One of the problems with large inter-connected networks is that it quite easy to get mail going out; you don't have to be properly registered in the various domains to make this happen, hence you can NOT trust the return address. The return may be bogus, may be valid, may be fraudulent, or may have gone some through some form of "poor man's" gateways. If both you and the are properly registered in the same network (eg Internet, Netnorth, etc), then you usually don't have a problem. > Can anyone tell me how to decifer these? > Like "someplace!somehow! guy@uunet.uu.net" or "ad897963-dads3@somewhere.here"? ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ This addressing method is likely to get you in trouble in many mailers... > -- > Guy Dandrea, Network Systems Corp. // > guy@nsco.network.com #129.191.1.1 \\ // > 7600 Boone Ave No, Mpls. MN 55428 \X/ > 1-800-328-9108 Fax:(612)424-1736 "Me and my Amiga...anything is possible?" -- .../Ed Preferrred: Ed.Wilts@BSC.Galaxy.BCSystems.Gov.BC.CA Ed Wilts Alternate: EdWilts@BCSC02.BITNET (604) 389-3430 B.C. Systems Corp., 4000 Seymour Place, Victoria, B.C., Canada, V8X 4S8