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Article #4599Re: Do `%' and `!' imply (Data link layer) connectivity information?
From: Bob Larson
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1988 04:53
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1988 04:53
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In article <5165@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> earle@mahendo.JPL.NASA.GOV (Greg Earle) writes:
>(Pardon me if this is explicit in RFC-822, but my copy of that is in a
> storage locker right now awaiting my impending move - sorry)
>
>Does a bang path vs. use of `%' imply any connectivity information?
No, since neither mean anything to an rfc822 mailer in the local part
of an address that contains a '@'. In local addresses, your mailer may
do anything it wants. (Including interpreting port of the local
address as another system to send the mail to.) The
"<@foo,@bar,@belch:user@system>" type of addressing might be usable if
rfc822 didn't specificly allow validating of all system names
mentioned. (The <> are not optional, this is frequently gotten wrong.)
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!lll-winken!lll-lcc!ames!ll-xn!oberon!skat.usc.edu!blarson From: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Do `%' and `!' imply (Data link layer) connectivity information? Message-ID: <6032@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: 6 Jan 88 04:53:49 GMT References: <5165@elroy.Jpl.Nasa.Gov> Sender: nobody@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: blarson@skat.usc.edu (Bob Larson) Organization: USC AIS, Los Angeles Lines: 18