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@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ For example, a user on ``calder.berkeley.edu'' could send to ``eric@CS''
without adding the ``berkeley.edu'' since it is the same on both sending
and receiving hosts.
.Ss Compatibility.
-.Pp
Certain old address formats are converted to the new format to provide
compatibility with the previous mail system.
In particular,
@@ -94,16 +93,13 @@ is converted to
.Pp
This is normally converted back to the ``host!user'' form before being sent
on for compatibility with older UUCP hosts.
-.Pp
.Ss Case Distinctions.
-.Pp
Domain names (i.e., anything after the ``@'' sign) may be given in any mixture
of upper and lower case with the exception of UUCP hostnames.
Most hosts
accept any combination of case in user names, with the notable exception of
MULTICS sites.
.Ss Route-addrs.
-.Pp
Under some circumstances it may be necessary to route a message through
several hosts to get it to the final destination.
Normally this routing
@@ -134,11 +130,9 @@ Many sites also support the ``percent hack'' for simplistic routing:
.Pp
is routed as indicated in the previous example.
.Ss Postmaster.
-.Pp
Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated ``postmaster''
to which problems with the mail system may be addressed.
.Ss Other Networks.
-.Pp
Some other networks can be reached by giving the name of the network as the
last component of the domain.
.Em This is not a standard feature
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