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From: HUFF@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu (Steve Huff, U. of Kansas, Lawrence)
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Subject: Re: What the % means (was Re: Converting Inter...)
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Date: 14 Jan 90 01:52:01 GMT
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In article <1644@dsac.dla.mil>, nor1675@dsac.dla.mil (Michael Figg) writes:

> 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?

From my experience with Telemail, the % tells the mailer which node
to send the message too.  For example,
	m.dimler%telemail@intermail.isi.edu

tells intermail to send the message to user/mailbox 'm.dimler' on
node 'telemail'.

Of cours, this is my best guess.  Anybody care to back me up or
correct it?

Steve
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