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.\" @(#)mailaddr.7 6.5 (Berkeley) 2/14/89
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.\" Extensively rewritten by Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>. My
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.\" changes are placed under the same copyright as the original BSD page.
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.\" Adjusted by Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> in 2004 to
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.\" account for changes since 1995. Route-addrs are now even less
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.\" common, etc. Some minor wording improvements. Same copyright.
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.TH MAILADDR 7 2004-09-15 Linux "Linux User's Manual"
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.UC 5
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.SH NAME
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mailaddr \- mail addressing description
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.SH DESCRIPTION
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.nh
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This manual page gives a brief introduction to SMTP mail addresses, as
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used on the Internet. These addresses are in the general format
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.PP
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user@domain
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.PP
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where a domain is a hierarchical dot-separated list of subdomains.
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These examples are valid forms of the same address:
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.PP
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eric@monet.berkeley.edu
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.br
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Eric Allman <eric@monet.berkeley.edu>
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.br
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eric@monet.berkeley.edu (Eric Allman)
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.PP
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The domain part ("monet.berkeley.edu") is a mail-accepting domain. It
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can be a host and in the past it usually was, but it doesn't have to
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be. The domain part is not case sensitive.
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.PP
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The local part ("eric") is often a user name, but its meaning is
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defined by the local software. Sometimes it is case sensitive,
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although that is unusual. If you see a local-part that looks like
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garbage, it is usually because of a gateway between an internal e-mail
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system and the net, here are some examples:
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.PP
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"surname/admd=telemail/c=us/o=hp/prmd=hp"@some.where
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.br
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USER%SOMETHING@some.where
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.br
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machine!machine!name@some.where
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.br
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I2461572@some.where
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.PP
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(These are, respectively, an X.400 gateway, a gateway to an arbitrary
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internal mail system that lacks proper internet support, an UUCP
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gateway, and the last one is just boring username policy.)
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.PP
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The real-name part ("Eric Allman") can either be placed before
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<>, or in () at the end. (Strictly speaking the two aren't the same,
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but the difference is beyond the scope of this page.) The name may
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have to be quoted using "", e.g. if it contains ".":
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.PP
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"Eric P. Allman" <eric@monet.berkeley.edu>
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.SS Abbreviation.
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.PP
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Many mail systems let users abbreviate the domain name. For instance,
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users at berkeley.edu may get away with "eric@monet" to send mail to
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Eric Allman.
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.I "This behavior is deprecated."
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Sometimes it works, but you should not depend on it.
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.SS Route-addrs.
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.PP
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In the past, sometimes one had to route a message through
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several hosts to get it to its final destination. Addresses which
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show these relays are termed "route-addrs". These use the syntax:
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.PP
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<@hosta,@hostb:user@hostc>
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.PP
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This specifies that the message should be sent to hosta, from there
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to hostb, and finally to hostc. Many hosts disregard route-addrs
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and send directly to hostc.
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.PP
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Route-addrs are very unusual now. They occur sometimes in old mail
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archives. It is generally possible to ignore all but the "user@hostc"
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part of the address to determine the actual address.
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.SS Postmaster.
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.PP
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Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated
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"postmaster" to which problems with the mail system may be
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addressed. The "postmaster" address is not case sensitive.
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.SH FILES
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.I /etc/aliases
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.br
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.I ~/.forward
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.SH "SEE ALSO"
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.BR binmail (1),
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.BR mail (1),
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.BR mconnect (1),
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.BR aliases (5),
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.BR forward (5),
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.BR sendmail (8),
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.BR vrfy (8)
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RFC\ 2822 (Internet Message Format)
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