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1.1     ! root        1: Greg--         Here is the abstract.  My network addresses are
        !             2: ostensibly "[email protected]" (host 10.2.0.78) and ucbvax!eric;
        !             3: the address "[email protected]" may be more inclined to get to
        !             4: me.
        !             5: 
        !             6: 
        !             7:           SENDMAIL -- An Internetwork Mail Router
        !             8:                        Eric Allman
        !             9:                     Britton-Lee, Inc.
        !            10: 
        !            11: Routing mail through a heterogenous internet presents many new
        !            12: problems.  Among the worst of these is that of address mapping.
        !            13: Historically, this has been handled on an ad hoc basis.  However,
        !            14: this approach has become unmanageable as internets grow.
        !            15: 
        !            16: Sendmail acts a unified "post office" to which all mail can be
        !            17: submitted.  Address interpretation is controlled by a production
        !            18: system, which can parse both old and new format addresses.  The
        !            19: new format is "domain-based", a flexible technique that can
        !            20: handle many common situations.  Sendmail is not intended to perform
        !            21: user interface functions.
        !            22: 
        !            23: Sendmail will replace delivermail in the Berkeley 4.2 distribution.
        !            24: Several major hosts are now or will soon be running sendmail.
        !            25: This change will affect any users that route mail through a sendmail
        !            26: gateway.  The changes that will be user visible will be discussed.

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