From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Sep 21 17:50:26 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from web20104.mail.yahoo.com (web20104.mail.yahoo.com [216.136.226.41]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 595E337B410 for ; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:50:23 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <20010922005022.16986.qmail@web20104.mail.yahoo.com> Received: from [24.157.184.4] by web20104.mail.yahoo.com via HTTP; Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:50:22 PDT Date: Fri, 21 Sep 2001 17:50:22 -0700 (PDT) From: ann kok Subject: Re: mail box lock To: Andrew Reid Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <20010921115924.B23973@plug.cx> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii 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 Sorry I don't mention it in detail @ symbol is placed on the first word in the header Do you know why? Thanks --- Andrew Reid wrote: > 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; > } __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message