Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP
Path: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!mit-vax!mp
From: mp@mit-vax.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: not forwarding mail
Message-ID: <219@mit-vax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 3-Jun-83 01:38:30 EDT
Article-I.D.: mit-vax.219
Posted: Fri Jun  3 01:38:30 1983
Date-Received: Thu, 9-Jun-83 09:57:47 EDT
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I just noticed another example where sites forward netnews but don't
forward all types of mail.  Our site is one.  But it isn't intentional.

Now that news 2.10 is here, people are replying to paths with internet
addresses in them.  We just received a message via uucp that's bound
for "eagle!mhuxt!mhuxi!mhuxa!houxm!hocda!spanky!burl!duke!sam@fau.UUCP".

Now; our mailer listens to both '@' and '!', unfortunately, it gives
'@' precedence and it's going to bomb out because "fau.UUCP" isn't
a valid Chaosnet or Arpanet host.

So this person's mail is going to be dropped on the floor in a few
minutes (maybe it'll even be mailed back to him; who knows?).

I don't have time to bring up nmail here, especially since it would
need to be integrated with the already hacked-up delivermail we currently
have.  And I don't think the system administrators would let me
install a replacement for delivermail, even if they did think I
knew what I was doing.

Suggestions will be appreciated.

	Mark