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>>>>> "Florian" == Florian Weimer <fw@deneb.enyo.de> writes:

Florian> prj@po.cwru.edu (Paul Jarc) writes:
>> Also, to be maximally careful, the domain is everything after the
>> *last* "@".

Florian> Ugh, does anybody still use RFC 822 source routing?  I don't think so,
Florian> bang paths and percent hacks might still exist, however.

It's not just for "source routing".  It's perfectly legal for me to
set up <merlyn@news@stonehenge.com> to use for Usenet postings.  Only
the rightmost "@" is significant *outside* the mail handler for
stonehenge.com.  Any presumptions about meaning to the left of that
one are quite possibly wrong.

Hmm.  Maybe I just invented a new spamproof address scheme, until the
scrapers figure this out!

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