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Subject: Re: comp.numeric deferred; try Stanford NA list
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Date: 30 Jan 88 15:47:55 GMT
References: <40114@sun.uucp> <1116@hao.ucar.edu>
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In article <1116@hao.ucar.edu> woods@hao.UUCP (Greg Woods) writes:

>>	na.problem@score.stanford.edu

>  This is a hideous address to use. There should NEVER be periods in the local
>part of an address. Many mailers will be confused by this. The user name
>(the part to the left of the @-sign) should be a single token. Maybe THAT'S
>why we never see any articles! :-)

>--Greg

READ RFC822 Page 27. !!!!

Periods is allowed in the local-part in RFC822, period.

Sven-Ove Westberg, CAD, University of Lulea, S-951 87 Lulea, Sweden.
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