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author | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-19 19:25:38 +0000 |
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committer | Aaron Campbell <aaron@cvs.openbsd.org> | 2000-03-19 19:25:38 +0000 |
commit | 9f999e1597f06b9b6655fec1fc8f4a474294c382 (patch) | |
tree | 22dfa891a17e56abf23c745288f782d5b424c104 /share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 | |
parent | 480390dc59325200978ed49a1b26f00a94c91baa (diff) |
Various cleanups.
Diffstat (limited to 'share/man/man7/mailaddr.7')
-rw-r--r-- | share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 | 32 |
1 files changed, 19 insertions, 13 deletions
diff --git a/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 b/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 index 6fa52345647..31122b2de70 100644 --- 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 , |