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To: Bob K <melange@yip.org>
Cc: Christopher Michaels <ChrisMic@clientlogic.com>,
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Subject: Re: dots in usernames? 
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Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 20:32:59 +0200
From: Mark Murray <mark@grondar.za>
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Bob K wrote:
> Well, I did some reading through rfc821, and an email address is defined
> as follows:

Email addresses != Usernames. What this suggests to me is that having
an _alias_ (say) Mark.Murray to markmurray in /etc/aliases is OK.

M
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