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diff --git a/contrib/bind/doc/man/mailaddr.7 b/contrib/bind/doc/man/mailaddr.7 deleted file mode 100644 index f194321f0833..000000000000 --- a/contrib/bind/doc/man/mailaddr.7 +++ /dev/null @@ -1,179 +0,0 @@ -.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987 The Regents of the University of California. -.\" All rights reserved. -.\" -.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms are permitted -.\" provided that the above copyright notice and this paragraph are -.\" duplicated in all such forms and that any documentation, -.\" advertising materials, and other materials related to such -.\" distribution and use acknowledge that the software was developed -.\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the -.\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived -.\" from this software without specific prior written permission. -.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR -.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, WITHOUT LIMITATION, THE IMPLIED -.\" WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. -.\" -.\" @(#)mailaddr.7 6.5 (Berkeley) 2/14/89 -.\" -.Dd February 14, 1989 -.Dt MAILADDR @DESC_EXT_U@ -.Os BSD 4 -.Sh NAME -.Nm mailaddr -.Nd mail addressing description -.Sh DESCRIPTION -Mail addresses are based on the ARPANET protocol listed at the end of this -manual page. These addresses are in the general format -.Pp -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li user@domain -.Ed -.Pp -where a domain is a hierarchical, dot-separated list of subdomains. For -example, the address -.Pp -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li eric@monet.berkeley.edu -.Ed -.Pp -is normally interpreted from right to left: the message should go to the -ARPA name tables (which do not correspond exactly to the physical ARPANET), -then to the Berkeley gateway, after which it should go to the local host -.Dq Li monet . -When the message reaches -.Li monet , -it is delivered to the user -.Dq Li eric . -.Pp -Unlike some other forms of addressing, this does not imply any routing. -Thus, although this address is specified as an ARPA address, it might -travel by an alternate route if that were more convenient or efficient. -For example, at Berkeley, the associated message would probably go directly -to -.Li monet -over the Ethernet rather than going via the Berkeley ARPANET gateway. -.Ss Abbreviation -.Pp -Under certain circumstances, it may not be necessary to type the entire -domain name. In general, anything following the first dot may be omitted -if it is the same as the domain from which you are sending the message. -For example, a user on -.Dq Li calder.berkeley.edu -could send to -.Dq Li eric@monet -without adding the -.Dq Li berkeley.edu -since it is the same on both sending and receiving hosts. -.Pp -Certain other abbreviations may be permitted as special cases. For -example, at Berkeley, ARPANET hosts may be referenced without adding the -.Dq Li berkeley.edu -as long as their names do not conflict with a local host name. -.Ss Compatibility -.Pp -Certain old address formats are converted to the new format to provide -compatibility with the previous mail system. In particular, -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li user@host.ARPA -.Ed -.Pp -is allowed and -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li host:user -.Ed -.Pp -is converted to -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li user@host -.Ed -.Pp -in order to be consistent with the -.Xr rcp @CMD_EXT@ -command. -.Pp -Also, the syntax -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li host!user -.Ed -.Pp -is converted to: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li user@host.UUCP -.Ed -.Pp -This is normally converted back to the -.Dq Li host!user -form before being sent on, for compatibility with older UUCP hosts. -.Pp -The current implementation is not able to route messages automatically through -the UUCP network. Until that time you must explicitly tell the mail system -which hosts to send your message through to get to your final destination. -.Ss Case Distinctions -.Pp -Domain names (i.e., anything after the -.Dq Li @ -sign) may be given in any mixture -of upper and lower case with the exception of UUCP hostnames. Most hosts -accept any combination of case in user names, with the notable exception of -MULTICS sites. -.Ss Route-addrs. -.Pp -Under some circumstances it may be necessary to route a message through -several hosts to get it to the final destination. Normally this routing -is done automatically, but sometimes it is desirable to route the message -manually. Addresses which show these relays are termed -.Dq route-addrs . -These use the syntax: -.Bd -ragged -offset indent-two -.Li <@hosta,@hostb:user@hostc> -.Ed -.Pp -This specifies that the message should be sent to -.Li hosta , -from there to -.Li hostb , -and finally to -.Li hostc . -This path is forced even if there is a more efficient path to -.Li hostc . -.Pp -Route-addrs occur frequently on return addresses, since these are generally -augmented by the software at each host. It is generally possible to ignore -all but the -.Dq Li user@domain -part of the address to determine the actual sender. -.Ss Postmaster -.Pp -Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated -.Dq Li postmaster -to which problems with the mail system may be addressed. -.Ss Other Networks -.Pp -Some other networks can be reached by giving the name of the network as the -last component of the domain. -.Em This is not a standard feature -and may -.Em not -be supported at all sites. For example, messages to CSNET or BITNET sites -can often be sent to -.Dq Li user@host.CSNET -or -.Dq Li user@host.BITNET , -respectively. -.Sh BUGS -The RFC822 group syntax -.Pq Dq Li group:user1,user2,user3; -is not supported except in the special case of -.Dq LI group:; -because of a conflict with old berknet-style addresses. -.Pp -Route-Address syntax is grotty. -.Pp -UUCP- and ARPANET-style addresses do not coexist politely. -.Sh SEE ALSO -.Xr mail @CMD_EXT@ , -.Xr sendmail @SYS_OPS_EXT@ ; -Crocker, D. H., RFC822, -.Do -Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages -.Dc . |