a!b@c

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From: Rich Skrenta
Date: Wed, 11 Nov 1992 17:18

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I used to think that a!b@c meant "give the message to a with address
b@c" (Perhaps that's what smail 2.5 did?).  Lately I've been seeing
lots of address binding @ the other way:  "deliver to c with address a!b".

In other words, which is it:

	a!b@c	->	@c:a!b
	a!b@c   ->	@a:b@c

And what of:

	b%a@c

Is there a standard which addresses this?  Are most sites giving
@ higher precedence, or !?

--
Rich Skrenta

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