On Wed, 12 May 1999, Mark Murray wrote: > Bob K wrote: > > Well, I did some reading through rfc821, and an email address is defined > > as follows: > > Email addresses != Usernames. What this suggests to me is that having > an _alias_ (say) Mark.Murray to markmurray in /etc/aliases is OK.
Sigh. Yes, I know. However, here's the reasoning behind not having dots in usernames according to passwd(5): The login name must never begin with a hyphen (``-''); also, it is strongly suggested that neither upper-case characters nor dots (``.'') be part of the name, as this tends to confuse mailers. ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ Since any mailer that can't handle a dot in an email address that consists of lo...@host is not compliant with RFC 821, I'm thinking "Hey! Why not make the change?" I've tested it on my -stable system here, and so far there's been no incompatibilities (but then, I only tested a few things: see the original email I sent - which is the point of putting something in -current before stable :) mela...@yip.org - Mustard gas: The kids love it! To Unsubscribe: send mail to majord...@freebsd.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-current" in the body of the message