abennett@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bennett) (01/18/91)
Okay, I've got two versions from the net: :internet:username@machine.domain internet:username@machine.domain What's the preceeding colon (:) for om the first one? -Drew -- Andrew Bennett abennett@mit.edu MIT Room 11-124H abennett%athena@mitvma.bitnet 77 Massachusetts Ave. Phone: (617) 253-7174 Cambridge, MA 02139 <Standard disclaimers apply> --
bob@omni.com (Bob Weissman) (01/18/91)
In article <1991Jan17.172111.9756@athena.mit.edu> abennett@athena.mit.edu (Andrew Bennett) writes: >Okay, I've got two versions from the net: >:internet:username@machine.domain >internet:username@machine.domain > >What's the preceeding colon (:) for om the first one? It's wrong. You really need a '>' character, as in >internet:username@machine.domain -- Bob Weissman Internet: bob@omni.com UUCP: ...!{apple,decwrl,pyramid,sgi,uunet}!omni!bob