urlichs@smurf.sub.org (Matthias Urlichs) (11/02/90)
In news.software.b, article <2958@litchi.bbn.com>, rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) writes: < In <TADGUY.90Oct28091142@abi2.larc.nasa.gov> < tadguy@abcfd01.larc.nasa.gov (Tad Guy) writes: < >X $addr = "$1@$2" if $addr =~ /^(\S+)%(\S+)@relay.cs.net$/i; < It's amazing what sticks around. < CSNET has been using full domain names for quite some time, now. < Yes, but the above _is_ a full domain name. Unfortunately, it's not the one you might want... When I send mail to the US, it goes through relay.cs.net. That machine translates the sender address, e.g. urlichs@ira.uka.de, to urlichs%ira.uka.de@relay.cs.net. It doesn't really make sense, but that's the way it is. :-( Followups redirected to comp.mail.misc. -- Matthias Urlichs -- urlichs@smurf.sub.org -- urlichs@smurf.ira.uka.de /(o\ Humboldtstrasse 7 - 7500 Karlsruhe 1 - FRG -- +49+721+621127(0700-2330) \o)/