[net.mail] Need help with internet address

kurt@pyuxhh.UUCP (K A Gluck) (04/22/84)

I am trying to address through cs-net.
This is the address I have but it does not work
	ihnp4!ucbvax!Moorthy%RPI@CSNet-Relay.ARPA


What is wrong with this ?



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chris@umcp-cs.UUCP (04/23/84)

The problem with such addresses is that you never know when some
intermediate site will decide to use the ARPA part of the address.
In your example (ihnp4!ucbvax!n%h@s), if ihnp4 gives @-signs "higher
priority" than !s, they will try to send it to {{ucbvax!n%h} at
s}, rather than {ucbvax ! {n%h@s}}.

I don't know what sendmail does with such addresses (I imagine it
depends on the configuration file).
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In-Real-Life: Chris Torek, Univ of MD Comp Sci (301) 454-7690
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thomas@utah-gr.UUCP (Spencer W. Thomas) (05/07/84)

You might try ihnp4!n%h@s@ucbvax.  This just might work.  Another possibility
is ihnp4!n%n%s@Ucbvax (since addresses with two @ signs are "illegal").

=Spencer