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From: PKARP@IU.AI.SRI.COM (Peter Karp)
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Subject: ! and @
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Date: 5 Apr 88 19:16:54 GMT
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An optimal solution may be to parse "x!y@z" both ways and determine
which of the hosts z and x are known by the local host.  This provides
a way of disambiguating the syntax.

Peter
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