Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!mit-eddie!wisner From: wisner@eddie.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: routes vs addresses (was Re: ! and @ -- which RFC ?) Message-ID: <8745@eddie.MIT.EDU> Date: 6 Apr 88 23:39:49 GMT References: <12798@brl-adm.ARPA> <4557@chinet.UUCP> <2052@epimass.EPI.COM> <1121@cblpf.ATT.COM> Reply-To: wisner@eddie.MIT.EDU (Bill Wisner) Distribution: na Organization: MIT, EE/CS Computer Facilities, Cambridge, MA Lines: 9 I can send mail from killer to uunet!epimass.epi.com!jbuck and Joe will get it. killer doesn't know uunet, but the mailer will find a route there. This is an address, not a route. To further illustrate the point, classify the following as route or address. jbuck%epimass.epi.com@uunet.uu.net @uunet.uu.net:jbuck@epimass.epi.com ..b