On Wed, May 17, 2000 at 12:18:51PM -0400, Dave Sill wrote:

> >Pardon my ignorance, but why would one want more than one '@' in an
> >address,
> 
> Sendmail used it to implement routing. E.g., user@host1@host2 meant
> send the message to host2, who will deliver it to user@host1.
> 
> >and why would the ignorant masses fear such a server?
> 
> It's a way to do relaying.
> 
> -Dave

Gotcha.  Thanks!

Ben

-- 
Now, it's quite simple to defend yourself against a man armed with a banana.
First of all you force him to drop the banana; then, second, you eat the
banana, thus disarming him. You have now rendered him helpless. 
        - Monty Python

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