Re: Email Subaddressing

"D. J. Bernstein" <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu> Sat, 02 August 1997 02:48 UTC

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From: "D. J. Bernstein" <djb@koobera.math.uic.edu>
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> > More importantly, that rule is inconsistent with reality. There are
> > a+b@host and a+c@host addresses that are _not_ the same entity.
> The important point here is that a@host controls where mail to a+b@host
> and a+c@host is routed.

I explicitly said that I'm talking about reality, not your proposal.

In the real world, what you're saying is simply not true. For example,
there's no ``info-g'' user controlling the info-g++ mailing list.

If you want to document what people do at CMU, fine. But please give it
an honest label that reflects your limited experience: e.g., ``The AFS
Mail Addressing System.'' Don't pretend that it's a de facto standard.

---Dan
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