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Article #755Re: How serious is the at->@ problem?
From: Roy Smith
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 01:51
Date: Fri, 10 Nov 1989 01:51
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In article <7867@ditmela.oz> smart@ditmela.oz.au (Robert Smart) writes:
> The question is: is an "at" in the middle of a domain name like that
> likely to cause problems with broken mailer software around the place?
I correspond with somebody at psuvm.bitnet. I often get mail from
him with headers that look like the following. Note the "AT" in the
In-Reply-To: line. I doubt this would every cause any problems as all the
"real" addresses are in standard @ format.
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!rutgers!cmcl2!phri!roy From: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: How serious is the at->@ problem? Message-ID: <4105@phri.UUCP> Date: 10 Nov 89 01:51:01 GMT References: <7867@ditmela.oz> Reply-To: roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) Organization: Public Health Research Institute, NYC, NY Lines: 19