manager@spool.mu.edu (Steven Goodman) (02/19/91)
Might be a little stupid here but would like to know exactly how my site should be disposing of mail received with this addressing form. user%sitename1%sitename2%sitename3%sitename4%sitename5@mysite should I simply be sending it like this: user%sitename1%sitename2%sitename3%sitename4@sitename5 ???? Steven Goodman
andy@jhunix.HCF.JHU.EDU (Andy S Poling) (02/22/91)
In article <438@spool.mu.edu> manager@spool.mu.edu (Steven Goodman) writes: > > Might be a little stupid here but would like to know exactly > how my site should be disposing of mail received with this > addressing form. > > user%sitename1%sitename2%sitename3%sitename4%sitename5@mysite > > should I simply be sending it like this: > > user%sitename1%sitename2%sitename3%sitename4@sitename5 ???? Without trying to start another religious war, I will say the following: "Yes, that is the intent of that address format. This format is commonly known as the `percent-hack'." -Andy f i l l e r -- Andy Poling Internet: andy@gollum.hcf.jhu.edu UNIX Systems Programmer Bitnet: ANDY@JHUNIX Homewood Academic Computing Voice: (301)338-8096 Johns Hopkins University UUCP: uunet!mimsy!aplcen!jhunix!andy