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From: taxman@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Converting Internet addresses to UUCP addresses
Message-ID: <160.25af4890@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu>
Date: 13 Jan 90 20:26:08 GMT
References: <325@fltk.UUCP> <2193@stealth.acf.nyu.edu> <1160@scorn.sco.COM> <1644@dsac.dla.mil>
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>> -that understands the UUCP map. (Try noriega%jail.usa.gov@uunet.uu.net
>> -with most mailers.) Mail routing can be very complex.
>> 
> 
> What does the '%' do in an address like this? Is it saying noriega at 
> jail.usu.gov, which is a system that uunet.uu.net knows about?
> 
> 						 Thanks, 
> 						 MSF
> 
in most, if not all mailers you cant use @ twice in one address. The % sign
serves the same purpose as @. ie taxman%drycas.bitnet@cunyvm.cuny.edu would
be read as user taxman at BITnetnode drycas via cunyvm.cuny.edu.

hope that helps 

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Mike Wommack      Inet: taxman@drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu
                 BITnet: taxman@drycas
                 UUCP: uunet!drycas.club.cc.cmu.edu!taxman
                 CCNet: DRYCAS::TAXMAN
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