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Article #46746E-mail - "bang" vs "at"
From: Phil N. Schuman
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 1995 00:00
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I recently ran across an E-mail naming construct that involved the "bang - ! " character. I was wondering, did the Internet naming come about using the "at - @" because of TCP/IP, and the "bang - !" is from the Unix UUCP world of exchanging E-mail ?? Phil - /*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/*/ Imagination is more important than knowledge..... Knowledge is limited..... Imagination is not....... Albert Einstein, (1879-1955)
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X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit X-Google-Thread: 10d5fa,61a786aa3ebc3cc1,start X-Google-Attributes: gid10d5fa,public From: pschuman@interserv.com (Phil N. Schuman) Subject: E-mail - "bang" vs "at" Date: 1995/07/26 Message-ID: <3v5gu6$p27@News1.mcs.net> X-Deja-AN: 106927720 organization: MCSNet Internet Services newsgroups: chi.internet