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Re: BITNET

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From: Christopher Davis
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1993 05:24
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MR> == Mark Roddy <markr@seqp4.sequoia.com>

 MR> is trying to email to his father in what used to be Czech. His mailer
 MR> says: "Return-Path: <@AWIUNI11.EDVZ.UniVie.AC.@:xxxxxx@yyyyyyy.BITNET>"
 MR> on mail from his dear old dad.

Looks like SOMEONE out there is still doing RFC733 "at -> @" translation.

The country domain for Austria is, of course, "at".

Try xxxxxx%yyyyyyy.BITNET@awiuni11.edvz.univie.ac.at; it can't hurt.
--
Christopher K. Davis      | ``Usenet seems to run much like the Kif (or,
<ckd@eff.org>   EFF #14   |   for the TV generation, Klingon) high command.
System Administrator, EFF |   Whoever takes action and can be heard wins.''
+1 617 864 0665  [CKD1]   |   --Peter da Silva <peter@ferranti.com>
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Message-ID: <CKD.93Jan7002410@loiosh.eff.org>
Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!eff!ckd
References: <1710@seqp4.sequoia.com>

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From: ckd@eff.org (Christopher Davis)
Subject: Re: BITNET
In-Reply-To: markr@seqp4.sequoia.com's message of 6 Jan 93 17:37:30 GMT
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Sender: usenet@eff.org (NNTP News Poster)
Nntp-Posting-Host: loiosh.eff.org
Organization: Electronic Frontier Foundation Tech Central
References: <1710@seqp4.sequoia.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1993 05:24:13 GMT
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