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Re: SCO Unix MMDF Settings

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From: David J. Fiander
Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 01:35
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According to kreed@telesys.tnet.com (Kevin W. Reed):
>If I send email to a site unknown with a bang style address it gets
>sent to my feed site as   site!user@telesys.tnet.com 
>It added the @telesys.tnet.com to the address.  If I send it with
>a domain style address it comes out as   user@site  
>
>What do I need to change to get the bang style address to work correctly
>or am I wrong to assume that it is not working correctly already.

This is "correct".  MMDF is strictly an RFC-822 mail system.
As such, it knows nothing about '!'-style addressing.  This is
why it adds the '@telesys.tnet.com' at the end.  (Another
explanation could be that 'site!user' is a relative address
which must be interpreted in the context in which it was
generated, which the '@...' forces as well.)

If user@site (or user@site.uucp) works, then use it.  This will
not cause the rewriting which you dislike to occur, is is
equivalent.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!usc!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!news.byu.edu!xenitec!golem!davidf
References: <1992Aug30.062437.21219@telesys.tnet.com>

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From: davidf@golem.uucp (David J. Fiander)
Subject: Re: SCO Unix MMDF Settings
References: <1992Aug30.062437.21219@telesys.tnet.com>
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Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 01:35:57 GMT
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