Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site haring.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!mcvax!turing!haring!teus From: teus@haring.UUCP Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: parsing host1!user@host2 - a new idea Message-ID: <339@haring.UUCP> Date: Sun, 21-Oct-84 16:10:29 EDT Article-I.D.: haring.339 Posted: Sun Oct 21 16:10:29 1984 Date-Received: Mon, 22-Oct-84 19:09:30 EDT References: <691@sunybcs.UUCP> <1606@nsc.UUCP> <1608@nsc.UUCP> Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 7 Apparently-To: rnews@turing.LOCAL The idea of having parentheses in routing addresses popped here in Europe up for getting around the problem of "different parsing ideas in different networks". Together with "do not touch it for rerouting" there are enough arguments to it. I think it is a good idea. The only problem left is: which character(s) are used for it? Are '(' and ')' suitable? -- Teus Hagen teus@mcvax.UUCP (CWI, Amsterdam)