Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: nyu notesfiles V1.1 4/1/84; site down.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!down!honey From: honey@down.FUN Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: parsing host1!user@host2 Message-ID: <7800002@down.FUN> Date: Sun, 14-Oct-84 12:49:00 EDT Article-I.D.: down.7800002 Posted: Sun Oct 14 12:49:00 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 15-Oct-84 01:42:13 EDT References: <691@sunybcs.UUCP> Organization: The Official Fun Machine of Princeton University EECS Lines: 8 Nf-ID: #R:sunybcs:-69100:down:7800002:000:329 Nf-From: down!honey Oct 14 12:49:00 1984 can you say ambiguous? i knew you could! seriously, though, if myhost talks to host1 but not host2, you want to execute mail user@host2 on host1; conversely, if my myhost talks to host2 but not host1, you want to run mail host1!user on host2. if myhost talks to both or neither, it is impossible to do anything useful. peter