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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>
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Reply-To: pdb@sei.cmu.edu (Pat Barron)
Organization: Carnegie-Mellon University, SEI, Pgh, Pa
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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.