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From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema)
Newsgroups: net.mail,net.wanted
Subject: Re: double exclamation mark in an address
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Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 18:18:16 EST
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Posted: Fri Jan  4 18:18:16 1985
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In article <3906@ucbvax.ARPA> timos@ucbvax.ARPA (Timos Sellis) writes:
	>I got a message from France that had in the "From" part
	>of the header an address with a double exclamation mark
	>(i.e. ...!vmucnam!!username). What is the meaning of
	>such syntax ?  Any ideas ?
The meaning of such "syntax" is that e.g. a new site has been added,
that has a bug in the mail/uucp software or that is experimenting with
sendmail; both with the effect of leaving out their sitename from the
path....

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	Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam
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