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authorAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-19 19:25:38 +0000
committerAaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org>2000-03-19 19:25:38 +0000
commit9f999e1597f06b9b6655fec1fc8f4a474294c382 (patch)
tree22dfa891a17e56abf23c745288f782d5b424c104 /share/man/man7/mailaddr.7
parent480390dc59325200978ed49a1b26f00a94c91baa (diff)
Various cleanups.
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--- a/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7
+++ b/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $OpenBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.4 1999/05/23 14:11:09 aaron Exp $
+.\" $OpenBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.5 2000/03/19 19:25:34 aaron Exp $
.\" $NetBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.3 1994/11/30 19:07:17 jtc Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993
@@ -42,12 +42,13 @@
.Nd mail addressing description
.Sh DESCRIPTION
Mail addresses are based on the Internet protocol listed at the end of this
-manual page. These addresses are in the general format
+manual page.
+These addresses are in the general format
.Pp
.Dl user@domain
.Pp
-where a domain is a hierarchical dot separated list of subdomains. For
-example, a valid address is:
+where a domain is a hierarchical dot separated list of subdomains.
+For example, a valid address is:
.Pp
.Dl eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU
.Pp
@@ -59,7 +60,8 @@ to CS over the Ethernet rather than going via the Berkeley Internet
gateway.
.Ss Abbreviation
Under certain circumstances it may not be necessary to type the entire
-domain name. In general, anything following the first dot may be omitted
+domain name.
+In general, anything following the first dot may be omitted
if it is the same as the domain from which you are sending the message.
For example, a user on
.Dq calder.berkeley.edu
@@ -71,7 +73,8 @@ since it is the same on both sending
and receiving hosts.
.Ss Compatibility
Certain old address formats are converted to the new format to provide
-compatibility with the previous mail system. In particular,
+compatibility with the previous mail system.
+In particular,
.Pp
.Dl user@host
.Pp
@@ -103,14 +106,17 @@ on for compatibility with older UUCP hosts.
Domain names (i.e., anything after the
.Dq @
sign) may be given in any mixture
-of upper and lower case with the exception of UUCP hostnames. Most hosts
+of upper and lower case with the exception of UUCP hostnames.
+Most hosts
accept any combination of case in user names, with the notable exception of
MULTICS sites.
.Ss Route-addrs
Under some circumstances it may be necessary to route a message through
-several hosts to get it to the final destination. Normally this routing
+several hosts to get it to the final destination.
+Normally this routing
is done automatically, but sometimes it is desirable to route the message
-manually. Addresses which show these relays are termed
+manually.
+Addresses which show these relays are termed
.Dq route-addrs .
These use the syntax:
.Pp
@@ -127,8 +133,8 @@ path to
.Dq hostc .
.Pp
Route-addrs occur frequently on return addresses, since these are generally
-augmented by the software at each host. It is generally possible to ignore
-all but the
+augmented by the software at each host.
+It is generally possible to ignore all but the
.Dq user@hostc
part of the address to determine the actual sender.
.Pp
@@ -151,8 +157,8 @@ Some other networks can be reached by giving the name of the network as the
last component of the domain.
.Em This is not a standard feature
and may
-not be supported at all sites. For example, messages to CSNET or BITNET sites
-can often be sent to
+not be supported at all sites.
+For example, messages to CSNET or BITNET sites can often be sent to
.Dq user@host.CSNET
or
.Dq user@host.BITNET ,