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Date:	Fri, 12 Sep 2003 12:59:26 PDT7
From:	"Steven Levine" <steve53@earthlink.net >
Reply-To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
To:	scoug-help@scoug.com
Subject:	SCOUG-Help: HOST command ?

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In <3F620600.445@peterskye.com>, on 09/12/03
at 10:42 AM, Peter Skye said:

>This is all new to me. I've never heard of the .arpa domain -- what is
>it? (I've heard of .mil and of course arpanet.) And I know about
>sending to webmaster@ but have never heard of postmaster@ -- who
>typically receives these messages?

Postmaster existed before webmaster, as you might suspect. The specifics
are, of course, dependent on how the mail server is configured. The
receiver is supposed to be someone who can resolve mail problems. In
SCOUG's case I believe that Rollin still gets posts addressed to
postmaster.

Steven

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