Sendmail, a question on Forwarding host

[John H Merritt]

In article <3591 at lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu> dale at lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu (dale chayes) writes:

>>>> MAIL From:<dale at gonzo.ldgo.columbia.edu>
>250 <dale at gonzo.ldgo.columbia.edu>... Sender ok
>>>> RCPT To:<@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu:dan at hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>
>
>ODD PART:    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>250 <@lamont.ldgo.columbia.edu:dan at hp8c.nrl.navy.mil>... Recipient ok

It is NOT odd.  It is a perfectly good address specification.

Here are two other examples (executed from the shell):
  mail '<@dftnic:y3jhm at scfvm>'
  mail '<@dftnic:user%xxxVM.bitnet at scfvm>'   - to reach other bitnet nodes,

Both forward through dftnic.

              John H. Merritt --> merritt at iris613.gsfc.nasa.gov
              Applied Research Corporation at NASA/GSFC
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