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- >case, it only means the same thing as tirth!ggk@xenitec.blah.blah if a
- >host doesn't decide that your version means "route it to tirth, who'll
- >route it to ggk@xenitec.blah.blah". Quoting it avoids that problem.
-
- My experience is that most machines out there today understand
- tirith!ggk@xenitec.on.ca as meaning send it to xenitec. However, I
- agree 100%, the address is ambiguous according to the standard.
-
- >If your software breaks on 822 addresses with quotes on it, your
- >software is broken. If your software sends an ambiguous address
- >someplace other than where you expect, then your address is broken.
-
- The software handles it fine - AmigaDOS command lines with embedded
- quotes are a horse of an entirely different colour, and that's why my
- system can't handle sending to these things right now.
-
- >The bang-path version is worse; that assumes that everybody who
- >replies to mail to you understands bang-paths, which is much less
-
- Once again, experience dictates that everyone does (except, apparently,
- commodore.com), but it just looks so icky and old fashioned. :-)
-
- >> [Um ... aren't we a bit off-topic ...]
- >
- >Yeah, but we still don't have a working address for the person who
- >needs to see it.
-
- There is a domain address I can use if it's still a problem, however,
- the routing is funky and slow and I end up paying uunet.ca 3 times for
- it, so it's a rather non-attractive solution. Could anyone who actually
- had problems try replying to this message, which has a Reply-To line
- with quotes. If it works, I'll be happy and we can get back on topic.
-
- I grabbed the 709 kernel, and it runs. I can't get vi or tset to
- recognize the existence of my termcap file - I have old binaries though,
- so I'm assuming that perhaps all I need is newer binaries for now. I'm
- mentioning it now in case I'm wrong. It's really frustrating being
- unable to change /etc/fstab though, so I'd like to fix this one quickly.
-
- > <mike
-
- Gregory Kritsch | 3A Computer Engineering at UWaterloo
- ggk@tirith.uucp | "Life is a highway
- ...!xenitec!tirith!ggk | Life is a stinking highway!" -BNL
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