Klarinet Archive - Posting 000298.txt from 1994/02

From: "Jay Heiser, Product Manager, Govt Systems" <jayh@-----.COM>
Subj: Re: The communication (explanation of email addressing
Date: Mon, 21 Feb 1994 10:27:02 -0500

-->From sco.sco.com!vtbit.cc.vt.edu!vccscent.bitnet!klarinet Fri Feb 18 19:00:04
1994
-->Date: Sat, 19 Feb 1994 00:53:40 +0100
-->Reply-To: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network
<KLARINET%VCCSCENT.BITNET@-----.EDU>
-->Sender: Klarinet - Clarinettist's Network
<KLARINET%VCCSCENT.BITNET@-----.EDU>
-->From: Cary Karp <nrm-karp@-----.SE>
-->Subject: Re: The communication wrinkle
-->Comments: To: Clarinettist's Network <klarinet@-----.bitnet>
-->To: Multiple recipients of list KLARINET
<KLARINET%VCCSCENT.BITNET@-----.EDU>
-->In-Reply-To: <199402182220.XAA01371@-----.se>
-->Message-ID: <9402181608.aa22783@-----.COM>
-->
-->On Fri, 18 Feb 1994, Dan Leeson wrote:
-->
-->> Let me say that, for the last three months at least, I have
-->> been addressing my postings to the KLARINET board in exactly
-->> the same way.
-->>
-->> KLARINET%VCCSCENT@-----.EDU
-->>
-->> and this address was given to me by the KLARINET people themselves
-->> because others would not function.

This address works for me also, although klarinet@-----.BITNET
also works.

The '%' is substitutes for the '@-----. With the above address,
you're sending email to the machine VTBIT.CC.VT.EDU which
is an internet host (I'm guessing that its an educational
institution in vermont). VTBIT's email software than strips
off its own address, and changes the '%' back to an '='
(or whatever is appropriate for the bitnet). Its the same
as Dan actually sending mail to KLARINET=VCCSCENT from
the VTBIT machine.

Does that make sense? Think of the '%' as the second ending.
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