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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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