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Re: mail servers

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From: Jay Maynard
Date: Sat, 25 Aug 1990 17:29
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In article <9RE5N-9@xds13.ferranti.com> peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes:
>Just make sure your mail-based server can recognise a NZIC link (easy, it's
>got a "!" in it) and refuses to send if it's not terminal.

It's not quite that simple, but close...the path must not only have a ! in it,
but the first name before the ! must also not be a local, non-measured-service
telephone call. The MBAS can have a list of such links, as there won't be many
of them.
-- 
Jay Maynard, EMT-P, K5ZC, PP-ASEL | Never ascribe to malice that which can
jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu  | adequately be explained by stupidity.
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From: jmaynard@thesis1.hsch.utexas.edu (Jay Maynard)
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Subject: Re: mail servers
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Date: 25 Aug 90 17:29:57 GMT
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