Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cbmvax!cbmehq!cbmger!peterk From: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.applications Subject: Re: ! Message-ID: <1316@cbmger.UUCP> Date: 7 Jun 91 07:04:57 GMT References: Reply-To: peterk@cbmger.UUCP (Peter Kittel GERMANY) Organization: Commodore Bueromaschinen GmbH, West Germany Lines: 12 In article Jon_Wolf@amicol.UUCP (Jon Wolf) writes: >When sending mail from a Unix box, you have to quote the ! character. >so, calgary!ajfcal!phd!phil >would end up being typed as calgary\!ajfcal\!phd\!phil. No, not with every UNIX. It is dependant on the shell you use on this UNIX. As far as I remember it was only one shell which needed this backslash stupidity, but don't ask me for the name, don't remember it. -- Best regards, Dr. Peter Kittel // E-Mail to \\ Only my personal opinions... Commodore Frankfurt, Germany \X/ {uunet|pyramid|rutgers}!cbmvax!cbmger!peterk