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Article #761Re: How serious is the at->@ problem?
From: Ed Clarke/10240000
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1989 17:12
Date: Sat, 11 Nov 1989 17:12
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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'm not sure, but will this fix the problem? It's from the IBM AIX sendmail.cf. This seems to imply that the 'at' must have whitespace on both sides of it to be processed into a '@'. # # Turn an "at" token into "@". # # The I macro specifies space or some equivalent char defined by the OI # config option above. # R$+$Iat$I$+ $:$1@$2 "at" -> "@" for RFC 822 -- Ed Clarke acheron!clarke
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!bywater!acheron!clarke From: clarke@acheron.uucp (Ed Clarke/10240000) Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc,comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: How serious is the at->@ problem? Message-ID: <1989Nov11.171244.28119@acheron.uucp> Date: 11 Nov 89 17:12:44 GMT References: <4105@phri.UUCP> Organization: Ciliophora Associates Lines: 20