Is this a valid address?

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2 total messages Started by Lawrence T. Hardiman Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:32

#3276

Author: Lawrence T. Hardiman
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 14:32

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So, I got some mail where the reply address resolved to:

  "FEGUY::CAE237"@CVG.SDRC.COM 

My smarthost re-wrote the address into UUCP format as:

   apple!cvg.sdrc.com!"FEGUY::CAE237"

When I replied to it, it bounced.

Now the question: Is the original internet style address (with 'at' sign)
a valid internet address? Is the way my smarthost re-wrote the address
a valid way to re-write the address?

Inquiring minds wanna know!

Regards,
  larry.


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Larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US

Re: Is this a valid address?

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Author: Bill Fenner
Date: Thu, 28 Jan 1993 21:25

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In article <G6+ZrANHBh107h@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US> larry@Birdsong.Suvl.CA.US writes:
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|My smarthost re-wrote the address into UUCP format as:
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|When I replied to it, it bounced.
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|Now the question: Is the original internet style address (with 'at' sign)
|["FEGUY::CAE237"@CVG.SDRC.COM] a valid internet address?

Yes, it is.

|Is the way my smarthost re-wrote the address
|[apple!cvg.sdrc.com!"FEGUY::CAE237"] a valid way to re-write the address?

Depends on whether or not it works when you reply to it; it seems as though
that depends completely on "apple".  (Did apple do the rewriting?...).  If
it doesn't work, then it's not a valid way to re-write the address (although
I would have expected that particular form to work.)

  Bill

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