BSD 4.2 Mail not RFC822-compliant?

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From: Frederick M. Avolio
Date: Thu, 15 Dec 1988 03:55

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Yes, the 4.2 Mail program did have some code in it which assumed that "."
was akin to an "@".  I recall finding and fixing this in a version of
ULTRIX a while back.  If you have the code the fix is somewhat 
straightforward.  I mean if I could find and fix it...

Fred

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From: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio)
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Subject: BSD 4.2 Mail not RFC822-compliant?
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Date: 15 Dec 88 03:55:23 GMT
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