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1.1     ! root        1: .TH MAIL 6
        !             2: .CT 1 comm_users
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: mail \- mail addresses
        !             5: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             6: .IR Mail (1)
        !             7: uses the programs of
        !             8: .IR upas (8)
        !             9: to interpret mail addresses.
        !            10: .SS Network addresses
        !            11: A general network mail address has the form
        !            12: .IB machine ! ... ! name,
        !            13: with one or more machines mentioned.
        !            14: A machine in the middle of the list gets the mail marked
        !            15: `from' the preceding part of list and forwards it to the next
        !            16: to handle the rest of the list.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: Rules for converting addresses among the
        !            19: conventions of different networks are given by rewrite rules; see
        !            20: .IR upas (8).
        !            21: A rough description of the rewrite rules for
        !            22: the local research network follows.
        !            23: .PP
        !            24: A simple name, containing no punctuation,
        !            25: is translated according to `Local addresses' below
        !            26: to produce more addresses, which get rewritten in turn.
        !            27: .PP
        !            28: The conventional network address
        !            29: .BI local! name
        !            30: is delivered to the mailbox
        !            31: .B /usr/spool/mail/ name
        !            32: if it exists or if
        !            33: .I name
        !            34: is registered as a login name in the password file
        !            35: .IR passwd (5).
        !            36: Otherwise the mail is undeliverable.
        !            37: .PP
        !            38: Mail to another machine is forwarded.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: Addresses in other forms are rewritten recursively.
        !            41: .SS Local addresses
        !            42: `Alias files' specify local name translation.
        !            43: Each line of an alias file begins with
        !            44: .B #
        !            45: (comment) or with a name.
        !            46: The rest of a name line gives the translation.
        !            47: The translation may contain multiple addresses and may be continued
        !            48: to another line by appending a backslash.
        !            49: Items are separated by white space.
        !            50: .PP
        !            51: In translating a name, the sender's personal alias file
        !            52: .FR $HOME/lib/names 
        !            53: is checked first.
        !            54: Then the system alias files, listed one per line in
        !            55: .FR /usr/lib/upas/namefiles  ,
        !            56: are checked in order.
        !            57: If the name is not found, the translation is taken to be
        !            58: .BI local! name.
        !            59: .PP
        !            60: On research network machines,
        !            61: the first system alias file is
        !            62: .BR /usr/lib/upas/names.local ;
        !            63: it is never touched from afar.
        !            64: Alias files for various organizations, e.g
        !            65: .BR /usr/lib/upas/names.1127 ,
        !            66: are maintained, often by users themselves, at selected sites and
        !            67: sent
        !            68: around the network when changed
        !            69: by
        !            70: .IR ship (8).
        !            71: The master alias file for center 1122 is kept on `alice',
        !            72: those for other centers on `bowell'.
        !            73: .SS Addresses to/from major networks
        !            74: A `from' address is automatically supplied as a return
        !            75: postmark on outgoing mail addressed `to' the several networks.
        !            76: Respondents should be able to send to these addresses.
        !            77: For non-research AT&T machines that use the research gateway,
        !            78: `from' addresses with 
        !            79: .B @
        !            80: should be replaced by
        !            81: .BR person%[email protected] .
        !            82: .PP
        !            83: .TF ARPANET:
        !            84: .TP
        !            85: UUCP:
        !            86: (to)
        !            87: .B machine!person
        !            88: .br
        !            89: (from)
        !            90: .B research!person
        !            91: .TP
        !            92: CSNET:
        !            93: (to)
        !            94: .B csnet!machine-domain-name!person
        !            95: .br
        !            96: (from)
        !            97: .B [email protected]
        !            98: .TP
        !            99: ARPANET:
        !           100: (to)
        !           101: .B arpa!machine-domain-name!person
        !           102: .br
        !           103: (from)
        !           104: .B [email protected]
        !           105: .TP
        !           106: ACSNET:
        !           107: (to)
        !           108: .B acsnet!machine-domain-name!person
        !           109: .br
        !           110: (from)
        !           111: .B [email protected]
        !           112: .TP
        !           113: BITNET:
        !           114: (to)
        !           115: .B bitnet!machine!person
        !           116: .br    
        !           117: (from)
        !           118: .B [email protected]
        !           119: .SH FILES
        !           120: .F /usr/lib/upas/namefiles
        !           121: .br
        !           122: .F /usr/lib/upas/names.*
        !           123: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !           124: .IR uucp (1), 
        !           125: .IR mail (1), 
        !           126: .IR upas (8)

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