Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!pt.cs.cmu.edu!sei.cmu.edu!pdb From: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Patrick Barron) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: I hate smail Message-ID: <517@aw.sei.cmu.edu.sei.cmu.edu> Date: Sat, 10-Jan-87 14:52:44 EST Article-I.D.: aw.517 Posted: Sat Jan 10 14:52:44 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 10-Jan-87 23:01:08 EST References: <14227@amdcad.UUCP> <32@auspyr.UUCP> <14237@amdcad.UUCP> <4071@nsc.NSC.COM> <649@crash.UUCP> Sender: netnews@sei.cmu.edu Reply-To: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Barron) Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa Lines: 15 Summary: Not RFC822 compliant In article <649@crash.UUCP> bblue@crash.UUCP (Bill Blue) writes: > > fred@site.dec.com@decwrl > >Will also work nicely. Anytime you need to sneak syntax by smail >that would normally be altered, use the above example. > >--Bill Remember, though, if you're trying to get mail out over the Internet, the above address is illegal according to RFC822, which explicitly specifies that only ONE '@' sign be present in the address. --Pat.