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From: jordan@ucbvax.ARPA (Jordan Hayes)
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Subject: Re: gateway syntax
Message-ID: <10308@ucbvax.ARPA>
Date: Sun, 8-Sep-85 14:49:36 EDT
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Posted: Sun Sep  8 14:49:36 1985
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Summary: Such a dude...

In article <10306@ucbvax.ARPA> fair@ucbvax.ARPA (Erik E. Fair) writes:
>I think it's long past the time that unofficial gateways to non-internet
>networks start using route addresses. Examples:
>
>user%host.BITNET@WISCVM.ARPA 	=>	@WISCVM.ARPA:user@host.BITNET
                  ^^^^^^^^^^^

UUCP-LAND ... NOTE THIS BITNET GATEWAY!

>user%host.CSNET@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA =>	@CSNET-RELAY.ARPA:user@host.CSNET
>user%host.DEC@DECWRL.ARPA	=>	@DECWRL.ARPA:user@host.DEC
>
>This is carefully defined in RFC822, a standard that is going to have
>its third birthday in five days.

Well put. While you're at it, sendmail maintainers should translate
user@host.OTHER-NET => @OTHER-NET-RELAY.DOMAIN:user@host.OTHER-NET
and stop fiddling with stupid (non-standard) '%' thingamabobs.

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