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+.\" $NetBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.14 2010/03/01 16:52:41 jruoho Exp $
+.\"
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+.\" @(#)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.