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List:       list-managers
Subject:    Re: MLM standards
From:       John Wagner <jwagner () Princeton ! EDU>
Date:       1993-07-16 11:35:38
Message-ID: 9307161535.AA08722 () clytemnestra ! Princeton ! EDU
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> Recent discussion (except for the brief flaming intermission) appears
> to boil down to "reserving" a name for the local part of an email
> address.  So far, it appears, the only reserved address that has been
> deemed necessary is "postmaster" on the Internet (see RFC822 section
> 6.3) and "POSTMAST" on the BITNet (right?).  The one single reason for
> this special case is so that there is a single POC for reporting mail
> system problems or querying a human at the site about email-related
> matters.

There is no Bitnet standard.  A standard was passed by Cren (the US portion
of Bitnet) and I believe by Earn.  The Cren standard requires support of
both postmaster and postmast.

   John Wagner


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