Re: what to do with <@a,@b,@c:u@h>

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From: Bruce Lilly
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1993 06:37

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In article <C1A97M.3Jx@viper.cs.unm.edu>,
 posted to comp.mail.sendmail,
 mcclure@viper.cs.unm.edu (Brent McClure) wrote:
>We are re-working our sendmail configuration, and our mail relay 
>host currently attempts to route addresses of the form:
>
><@a,@b,@c:u@h> 
>
>to "a", however from what I've been reading from several places 
>it sounds like many sites are simply throwing away the source-route and
>resolving straight to "u@h".  Is this the recommended practice
>now and/or is there any harm in this?

RFC1123 section 5.2.6 permits either. See also section 5.2.19.

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	Bruce Lilly		...uupsi!monymsys!sonyd1!blilly!bruce

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Subject: Re: what to do with <@a,@b,@c:u@h>
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