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re: ! and @ -- which RFC ?

#536
From: Rick Adams
Date: Mon, 04 Apr 1988 17:58
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The defacto standard is that RFC822 rules. That means that the
@ get precedence because the ! is in the "local part". Nothing
should look at the local part other than the host to the
right of the @.

You want to avoid mixing ! and @ if at all possible (and it is
almost always possible)
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Subject: re: ! and @ -- which RFC ?
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