Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!husc6!bbn!uwmcsd1!ig!agate!ucbvax!VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU!GOLDMAN_S From: GOLDMAN_S@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU (SALLY D. GOLDMAN) Newsgroups: comp.os.vms Subject: Mailer/Unix Problem Message-ID: <88528173247.2060011f.GOLDMAN_S> Date: 28 Jun 88 22:32:46 GMT Sender: daemon@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU Organization: The Internet Lines: 43 We are having a problem here with receiving mail from UNIX systems. It appears that many UNIX systems or their mailers interpret a '$' as some sort of control/special character. The Background: We are using VMS usernames which are comprised of a prefix + '$' + first initial + last name. For example, John Jones could have a username TST$JJONES. The new username format has been in effect for just a couple of months. The Problem: Some of our users with this username format are having difficulty receiving mail from UNIX systems. Or, more precisely, some of their UNIX collegues are unable to send mail to users with this username format. The problem appears to be the '$' in the middle of the username. The mailer parses off the string before the '$' and puts it somewhere. My Question: Does anyone know if there is something in UNIX or the UNIX mailer that interprets a '$' in some strange and wondrous way?? (I know this is not a VMS question, but it does have certain implications for those of us who are VMS programmers and managers.) It seems to me that if a UNIX mailer is sending to TST$SGOLDMAN@SITVXC that it should never worry about the '$'. Please mail responses directly to me. Thanks in advance. Sally Goldman Systems Programmer Stevens Institute of Technology INTERNET: goldman_s@vaxc.stevens-tech.edu BITNET: goldman_s@sitvxc.bitnet USMail: Computer Center ATT: 201-420-5472 Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ 07030 ------------