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Date: 1 Aug 88 14:18:00 GMT
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Is it simply that BITNIC can't parse the word 'at'?  Is an at-sign better?

Note that the CMS NOTE command uses the word 'at' because the at-sign
does not travel very well to other countries (remember that the 'I' in
'IBM' stands for 'International').  While it is also true that the
English word 'at' may not travel well, either, it is probably a bit more
understandable in, say, France than an 'a' with an acute accent.  Anyway,
that's the rationale.

      John Pershing (I speak EBCDIC, Codepage 264)

      IBM Research, Yorktown Heights
      PERSHNG at YKTVMH, PERSHNG @ IBM.COM