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- From: davidf@golem.uucp (David J. Fiander)
- Subject: Re: SCO Unix MMDF Settings
- References: <1992Aug30.062437.21219@telesys.tnet.com>
- Message-ID: <1992Sep01.013557.24360@golem.uucp>
- Date: Tue, 01 Sep 1992 01:35:57 GMT
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- According to kreed@telesys.tnet.com (Kevin W. Reed):
- >If I send email to a site unknown with a bang style address it gets
- >sent to my feed site as site!user@telesys.tnet.com
- >It added the @telesys.tnet.com to the address. If I send it with
- >a domain style address it comes out as user@site
- >
- >What do I need to change to get the bang style address to work correctly
- >or am I wrong to assume that it is not working correctly already.
-
- This is "correct". MMDF is strictly an RFC-822 mail system.
- As such, it knows nothing about '!'-style addressing. This is
- why it adds the '@telesys.tnet.com' at the end. (Another
- explanation could be that 'site!user' is a relative address
- which must be interpreted in the context in which it was
- generated, which the '@...' forces as well.)
-
- If user@site (or user@site.uucp) works, then use it. This will
- not cause the rewriting which you dislike to occur, is is
- equivalent.
-