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mail 'From:' field has @@

#831
From: Peter Seidl
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 1992 19:21
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Hi,

I have received some complaints/comments from some outside NeXT users who say  
that when they try to reply to my mail messages using the 'reply' function they  
can't do it because my 'From:' field has  @@ in the address name instead of a  
single @.  Do any of you Next/unix gurus have an idea how to debug the problem?   
I am also using a next computer.  Enclosed below are excerpts from two messages  
bringing my attention to the problem.

Thanks,

Peter Seidl
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Date: Wed, 27 May 92 18:26:13 PDT
From: pfkeb@kaon.slac.stanford.edu (Paul Kunz)
Subject: I'm starting to use Hippo.
To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov
X-Envelope-To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov
 
 
 
   Your From: field looks like this...
 
From: seidl@@ (Peter Seidl)

   You need to work on your mail setup. 

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and another example:
 
 
 

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 17:04:05 EDT
From: silbar@whistler.lanl.gov (Dick Silbar)
To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov
Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown

Peter -- your return path is botched.

Begin forwarded message:

Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT
From: Mailer-Agent (NeXT Mail Agent)
Subject: Returned mail: Host unknown
To: silbar

   ----- Transcript of session follows -----
421 Host @ not found for mailer ether.
550 seidl@@ (Peter Seidl)... Host unknown

   ----- Unsent message follows -----
Return-Path: <silbar>
Received: by  whistler.lanl.gov.lanl.gov  (NeXT-1.0 (From Sendmail  
5.52)/NeXT-2.0)
	id AA07962; Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 92 16:59:46 EDT
From: silbar (Dick Silbar)
Message-Id: <9208282059.AA07962@ whistler.lanl.gov.lanl.gov >
Errors-To: "| sndplay /Users/silbar/Sounds/whistler.snd", \silbar
Received: by NeXT Mailer (1.63)
To: seidl@@ (Peter Seidl)
Subject: Re: Interface builder
 
 
 
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Peter Seidl
Heavy Ion Fusion Accelerator Research 
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
Berkeley, CA 94720

seidl@next1.lbl.gov
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From: seidl@next1.lbl.gov (Peter Seidl)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.sysadmin
Subject: mail 'From:' field has @@
Date: 31 Aug 1992 19:21:45 GMT
Organization: Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory, Berkeley CA
Lines: 81
Distribution: world
Message-ID: <17trg9INN42e@overload.lbl.gov>
Reply-To: seidl@next1.lbl.gov
NNTP-Posting-Host: next1.lbl.gov
Keywords: mail