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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man7/mailaddr.7 b/static/netbsd/man7/mailaddr.7 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..99ef8738 --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man7/mailaddr.7 @@ -0,0 +1,104 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.14 2010/03/01 16:52:41 jruoho Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" @(#)mailaddr.7 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/16/93 +.\" +.Dd June 16, 1998 +.Dt MAILADDR 7 +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm mailaddr +.Nd mail addressing description +.Sh DESCRIPTION +Mail addresses are based on the Internet protocol listed at the end of this +manual page. +These addresses are in the general format +.Pp +.Dl user@domain +.Pp +where a domain is a hierarchical dot separated list of subdomains. +For example, a valid address is: +.Pp +.Dl eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU +.Pp +Unlike some other (now obsolete) forms of addressing, domains do not +imply any routing, or the existence of a particular host. +Simply because mail may be sent to ``user@somedomain.com'' does not imply +that there is any actual host named ``somedomain.com'', and does not +imply a particular routing of the message. +Routing is performed by Mail Transport Agents, such as +.Xr postfix 1 , +based on policies set in the MTA's configuration. +.Ss Abbreviation +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 ``calder.berkeley.edu'' could send to ``eric@CS'' +without adding the ``berkeley.edu'' since it is the same on both sending +and receiving hosts. +Whether abbreviation is permitted depends on how your site is configured. +.Ss Case Distinctions +Domain names (i.e., anything after the ``@'' sign) may be given in any mixture +of upper and lower case. +Most hosts accept any combination of case in user names, although there +are exceptions. +.Ss Postmaster +Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated ``postmaster'' +to which problems with the mail system may be addressed, for example: +.Pp +.Dl postmaster@CS.Berkeley.EDU +.Ss Obsolete Formats +Certain old address formats, such as UUCP ``bang path'' addresses, +explicitly routed internet addresses (so-called ``route-addrs'' and +the ``percent hack'') and others have been used historically. +All these addressing formats are now considered obsolete, and should no +longer be used. +.Pp +To some extent, MTAs attempt to provide backward compatibility +for these addressing forms, but in practice many of them no longer work. +Users should always use standard Internet style addresses. +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr mail 1 +.Rs +.%R RFC +.%N 822 +.%D August 1982 +.%A D. H. Crocker +.%T "Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +.Nm +appeared in +.Bx 4.2 . +.Sh BUGS +The RFC 822 group syntax (``group:user1,user2,user3;'') is not supported +except in the special case of ``group:;'' because of a conflict with old +berknet-style addresses, not that anyone cares about either berknet or +group syntax style addresses any longer. |
