From: utzoo!decvax!wivax!linus!genradbo!mitccc!jfw Newsgroups: net.mail Title: Re: Bogus Network paths Article-I.D.: mitccc.449 Posted: Fri Mar 11 22:55:27 1983 Received: Sun Mar 13 08:26:13 1983 References: tekecs.569 In a related problem, I recently modified our local RMAIL to translate % to @ in order to permit people on uucp to mail to MIT's CHAOSNET, a translation which is done only if there are no ! signs left in the TO name. Why did I do this at all? Too many people tried to send with @ and lost at various places along the net. Hence, I chose a character I *hope* no-one else catches, and made a conditional translation for it. Sigh. Networks are such a pain. John Woods, ...!decvax!genradbo!mitccc!postmaster, ...!eagle!mitccc!postmaster, ...!floyd!mitccc!postmaster%mit-ccc%mit-mc (hee hee) or mail to `10,12s/postmaster/jfw/`...