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-.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987 The Regents of the University of California.
-.\" All rights reserved.
-.\"
-.\" @(#)mailaddr.7 6.5 (Berkeley) 2/14/89
-.\"
-.\" Extensively rewritten by Arnt Gulbrandsen <agulbra@troll.no>. My
-.\" changes are placed under the same copyright as the original BSD page.
-.\"
-.\" Adjusted by Arnt Gulbrandsen <arnt@gulbrandsen.priv.no> in 2004 to
-.\" account for changes since 1995. Route-addrs are now even less
-.\" common, etc. Some minor wording improvements. Same copyright.
-.\"
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-.\" by the University of California, Berkeley. The name of the
-.\" University may not be used to endorse or promote products derived
-.\" from this software without specific prior written permission.
-.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED ``AS IS'' AND WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR
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-.\" %%%LICENSE_END
-.\"
-.TH mailaddr 7 2023-10-31 "Linux man-pages 6.7"
-.UC 5
-.SH NAME
-mailaddr \- mail addressing description
-.SH DESCRIPTION
-.nh
-This manual page gives a brief introduction to SMTP mail addresses,
-as used on the Internet.
-These addresses are in the general format
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-user@domain
-.EE
-.in
-.P
-where a domain is a hierarchical dot-separated list of subdomains.
-These examples are valid forms of the same address:
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-john.doe@monet.example.com
-John Doe <john.doe@monet.example.com>
-john.doe@monet.example.com (John Doe)
-.EE
-.in
-.P
-The domain part ("monet.example.com") is a mail-accepting domain.
-It can be a host and in the past it usually was, but it doesn't have to be.
-The domain part is not case sensitive.
-.P
-The local part ("john.doe") is often a username,
-but its meaning is defined by the local software.
-Sometimes it is case sensitive,
-although that is unusual.
-If you see a local-part that looks like garbage,
-it is usually because of a gateway between an internal e-mail
-system and the net, here are some examples:
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-"surname/admd=telemail/c=us/o=hp/prmd=hp"@some.where
-USER%SOMETHING@some.where
-machine!machine!name@some.where
-I2461572@some.where
-.EE
-.in
-.P
-(These are, respectively, an X.400 gateway, a gateway to an arbitrary
-internal mail system that lacks proper internet support, an UUCP
-gateway, and the last one is just boring username policy.)
-.P
-The real-name part ("John Doe") can either be placed before
-<>, or in () at the end.
-(Strictly speaking the two aren't the same,
-but the difference is beyond the scope of this page.)
-The name may have to be quoted using "", for example, if it contains ".":
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-"John Q. Doe" <john.doe@monet.example.com>
-.EE
-.in
-.SS Abbreviation
-Some mail systems let users abbreviate the domain name.
-For instance,
-users at example.com may get away with "john.doe@monet" to
-send mail to John Doe.
-.I This behavior is deprecated.
-Sometimes it works, but you should not depend on it.
-.SS Route-addrs
-In the past, sometimes one had to route a message through
-several hosts to get it to its final destination.
-Addresses which show these relays are termed "route-addrs".
-These use the syntax:
-.P
-.in +4n
-.EX
-<@hosta,@hostb:user@hostc>
-.EE
-.in
-.P
-This specifies that the message should be sent to hosta,
-from there to hostb, and finally to hostc.
-Many hosts disregard route-addrs and send directly to hostc.
-.P
-Route-addrs are very unusual now.
-They occur sometimes in old mail archives.
-It is generally possible to ignore all but the "user@hostc"
-part of the address to determine the actual address.
-.SS Postmaster
-Every site is required to have a user or user alias designated
-"postmaster" to which problems with the mail system may be
-addressed.
-The "postmaster" address is not case sensitive.
-.SH FILES
-.I /etc/aliases
-.br
-.I \[ti]/.forward
-.SH SEE ALSO
-.BR mail (1),
-.BR aliases (5),
-.BR forward (5),
-.BR sendmail (8)
-.P
-.UR http://www.ietf.org\:/rfc\:/rfc5322.txt
-IETF RFC\ 5322
-.UE