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Re: configurable delimiters needed in aliases file for x.400 addresses

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From: Peter da Silva
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 1990 18:10
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In article <40713@think.Think.COM> barmar@think.com (Barry Margolin) writes:
> The days are long gone when we should expect ordinary users to type
> "addresses" into their mail system user interfaces.

Why? People routinely key in phone numbers, and write addresses out
by hand on envelopes. If the presented form of an address can change so
radically what does one put on one's business card?

I really don't see why E-mail addresses need be any more complex than
phone-numbers, or street addresses at the worst.
-- 
Peter da Silva.   `-_-'
+1 713 274 5180.
<peter@ficc.ferranti.com>
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From: peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: configurable delimiters needed in aliases file for x.400 addresses
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Date: 19 Jul 90 18:10:47 GMT
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