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- Date: 13 AUG 92 23:41:35 GMT
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- X-RFC822-From: adelman (Kenneth Adelman) @ TGV.COM
- From: adelman@TGV.COM
- Subject: Re: talk question.
- Organization: The INFO-MULTINET Community
- Message-ID: <2380EB3B13AUG92234135@TGV.COM>
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- > I've noticed that MULTINET's TALK has the same problem that UNIX
- > talk has, probably because it's based on the same code. Neither can
- > take a "." in the LHS of the @, the username. I've seen the code for
- > UNIX talk and there is a section where a number of special characters
- > are searched for and removed, "." being one of them.
-
- > Is there a reason that "."'s aren't allowed in usernames? I've got
- > lots of users with "."'s in their usernames and they are curious, as am
- > I, about why "."'s aren't allowed.
-
- Our talk is indeed based on the BSD talk sources. Save me the
- searching; where do I look for the check? I can't think of any good
- reason for it.
-
- Ken
-