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From: weemba@garnet.berkeley.edu (Matthew P Wiener)
Newsgroups: comp.emacs,news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Proper handling of "%" in Internet addresses.
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Date: 1 Nov 88 07:06:23 GMT
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In-reply-to: ljz%fxgrp.fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov (Lloyd Zusman)

In article <849@fxgrp.UUCP>, ljz%fxgrp (Lloyd Zusman) writes:
>This happens because the leading "@" is hard-coded in Gnews and in
>Gnus.  No provision for handling domain names with leading a "%"
>or an embedded "@" exists in either of these pieces of software.

First off, "Reply-To" is the field that ought to have the correct
INTERNET mail address.  "From" need not.

For Gnews, try the following:

(setq gnews-machine "%fxgrp.fx.com@ames.arc.nasa.gov"
      group-follow-hook 'fix-the-domain)

(defun fix-the-domain ()
  (save-excursion
    (goto-char 1)
    (if (re-search-forward "\\(From.*\\)@%" nil 0)
	(replace-match "\\1%"))
    (if (re-search-forward "\\(Reply-To.*\\)@%" nil 0)
	(replace-match "\\1%"))))

ucbvax!garnet!weemba	Matthew P Wiener/Brahms Gang/Berkeley CA 94720
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