Re: [Evolution] First time druid and email adres.

[bobby <bobby mezaway org>]

On 10 Jul 2001 13:06:47 -0400, Mark Neill wrote:
> On 10 Jul 2001, bobby wrote:
> > What a very Microsoftian way of giving users no choice in how they use
> > software.
> >
> > Maybe you can consider Dennis's "bug report" as a "feature request"?
>
> No, Microsoftian would require you to enter SMTP addresses in Exchange's
> goofy Mail Address format, probably explicitly stating the outbound
> routing path, like a UUCP address.

HAH!  funny.

> The way he's trying to address mail is just _wrong_.  username host is not
> a valid address.  If anything, maybe Evo should expand @domain if @domain
> regex matches the local system's domainname.  However, mail addressed to
> user host should never hit an SMTP server and try to be delivered.

Having evo expand would be good; consider situations where you've got
offices isolated from the internet, perhaps not relying on having a
complete domain name.  I know it's not standard but it does happen, I'm
willing to bet.  I know I myself have considered that scenario to be a
solution to too many "I can't get to CNN or Yahoo" complaints.  ;-)