Marshall Abrams
NBS
7 May 80
Network Working Group
Request for Comments: 763
ROLE MAILBOXES
- Occasionally it is necessary to send mail to someone on the net who is
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- known only as the incumbent in an official position. Often the mail is
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- undeliverable because of employee turnover.
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- We have also had such a problem at NBS and have therefore created MAIL
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- address synonyms such as SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT, and LIAISON to ensure that
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- mail is correctly delivered no matter who the incumbent happens to be.
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- I suggest that all systems which permit MAIL address synonyms install
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- them. I further suggest that the NIC or the ARPANet management select a
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- standardized set of synonyms, thus increasing their utility.
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Marshall Abrams