Re: Strange Phenomena (of sorts)

[brownfld@mrcnext.cso.uiuc.edu (Kenneth R Brownfield)]

Richard writes:
 But first, I said:
>>      A hint on getting mail to Cynthia:
>>      Use this address, it should work from 99.23% of sites (guarantee void
>> where prohibited.)  {nstar|n8emr}!bluemoon!bsbbs!cynthia@iuvax.cs.indiana.edu
>> 							^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> 						Note this.  Bag your message
>> 						unless you include this.
>I don't mean to sound like Cynthia but that may be true for you
>but it doesn't necessarily apply to everyone.  In fact, the
>combination of "!" and "@" addressing will terminally befuddle
>many systems.  The addresses in the sig are correct, they just
>are not complete enough for everyone.

     Hey, I said "guarantee void where prohibited!"  ;-)
     Yes, while ! and @ are standard, what vastly small number of systems
(much less UUCP systems) are standard!  {=  The sig version will work if you
know how to connect to nstar or n8emr solely through UUCP, much like finding
an unmapped town with a map.
     Be sure that I'm not blaming anything or anyone except the relatively
short-sighted near-cretin and his invention, UUCP.  I still can't figure
out why sending mail to "{nstar|n8emr}!bluemoon!bsbbs!cynthia" bounces!  ;)

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