Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!ucsd!brian From: brian@ucsd.Edu (Brian Kantor) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Rewriting ! addresses to % addresses (was Re: Something) Message-ID: <10582@ucsd.Edu> Date: 22 Dec 89 19:44:02 GMT References: <33886@mips.mips.COM> <1523@utkcs2.cs.utk.edu> Reply-To: brian@ucsd.edu (Brian Kantor) Organization: The Avant-Garde of the Now, Ltd. Lines: 19 What is done by the people who are most successfully gatewaying mail between the uucp and internet networks is this: The To: lines shown below are those the sender would expect to use; the From: lines are what the recipient would see. uucp originator, internet recipient: To: uuhostf!inetgateway!host.domain.spec!user From: uucphost!user@gateway.dom.ain internet originator, uucp recipient: To: user@uucphost.uucp (assuming autorouters) To: uuhosta!uuhostb!user@uucpgateway.dom.ain (no routing) From: uuhostc!uucpgateway!inethost.dom.ain!user These are unambiguous in their own worlds. Brian Kantor UCSD Postmaster brian@ucsd.edu BRIAN@UCSD ucsd!brian