From owner-freebsd-questions Thu Sep 20 19:23:59 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.plug.cx (kypo.alfred.cx [150.101.93.134]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id C9DCA37B411 for ; Thu, 20 Sep 2001 19:23:54 -0700 (PDT) Received: by mail.plug.cx (Postfix, from userid 1000) id 73EBB2B8B7; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:59:25 +0930 (CST) Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 11:59:25 +0930 From: Andrew Reid To: ann kok Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: mail box lock Message-ID: <20010921115924.B23973@plug.cx> References: <20010921012820.63496.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20010921012820.63496.qmail@web20110.mail.yahoo.com>; from annkok2001@yahoo.com on Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 06:28:20PM -0700 Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Thu, Sep 20, 2001 at 06:28:20PM -0700, ann kok wrote: > I heard that symbol '@' in the email header can lock > the receiver's mail box Huh? The "@" symbol is used to determine the "To:" and "From:" headers, as well as the other "(B)CC:" headers. Saying that "@" locks the receiver's mail box is essentially saying "receiving email will lock the receive's mail box." Have a look at your own headers and have a think. - andrew -- void signature () { cout << "Andrew Reid -- andrew.reid@plug.cx" << endl; cout << "Cell: +61 401 946 813" << endl; cout << "Quidquid latine dictum sit, altum viditur" << endl; } To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message