[comp.mail.misc] !, %, and @ - how do I send??

clutx.clarkson.edu (Mike Carvin,,,) (02/23/89)

This is a repost of something I tried to post a couple of weeks ago, but
for some reason it didn't work...



I've been have problems sending mail outside my node (clutx.clarkson.edu).
Whenever I send mail to a address containing %'s !'s .'s and @'s  it
gets returned to me with either 'Unknown host' or 'Unknown user'

This is especially annoying since I have a friend at DEC whom I'd like
to send mail to  (ie.  <userid>%ravine.zk3.dec.com@decvax.dec.com )

I've tried different variations of this, including using decwrl instead of
decvax.  Am I doing something wrong??


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