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Article #5455Re: Something
From: Rich Salz
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:34
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 1989 23:34
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In <33886@mips.mips.COM> koblas@mips.COM (David Koblas) writes:
[ By example:
user sends mail to: user@a
rewritten to : user%a%b%c%d@e
site 'e' delivers
to UUCP site 'd': user%a%b%c@d
site 'c' recieves : user%a%b@c
and site 'c' is
unable to parse
a '%' path!
]
>Thus my question is: since site 'e' gatewayed the mail message into
>UUCP, should they not change the %@ path into a ! path?
There is no such thing as a %@ path. It's practically a contradiction
in terms -- an atsign address is NOT a route. Using more than one % in an
address is asking for real, serious, trouble.
You'll have to find another way to do what you want.
/r$
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!shadooby!samsung!usc!apple!bbn!bbn.com!rsalz From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Something Message-ID: <2217@prune.bbn.com> Date: 21 Dec 89 23:34:20 GMT References: <33886@mips.mips.COM> Organization: BBN Systems and Technologies Corporation Lines: 23