Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 6/24/83 (MC840302); site mcvax.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!bellcore!decvax!genrad!mit-eddie!godot!harvard!seismo!mcvax!piet From: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Newsgroups: net.mail,net.wanted Subject: Re: double exclamation mark in an address Message-ID: <394@mcvax.UUCP> Date: Fri, 4-Jan-85 18:18:16 EST Article-I.D.: mcvax.394 Posted: Fri Jan 4 18:18:16 1985 Date-Received: Mon, 7-Jan-85 02:49:16 EST References: <3906@ucbvax.ARPA> Reply-To: piet@mcvax.UUCP (Piet Beertema) Distribution: net Organization: CWI, Amsterdam Lines: 13 Xref: watmath net.mail:712 net.wanted:5482 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.... -- Piet Beertema, CWI, Amsterdam ...{decvax,philabs}!mcvax!piet