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From: GOLDMAN_S@VAXC.STEVENS-TECH.EDU (SALLY D. GOLDMAN)
Newsgroups: comp.os.vms
Subject: Mailer/Unix Problem
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Date: 28 Jun 88 22:32:46 GMT
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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

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