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From: forsyth@cal... forsyth@cal...
Subject: [9fans] user name with dot for mail
Date: Thu, 1 Jul 1999 09:33:35 BST

i've never had problems exchanging mail with people with dotted names.
if you're trying to rewrite a specific address in /mail/lib/rewrite and need
to match a literal . with the regular expression, just escape it with \
	okamoto\.0@earth\.cias\.osakafu-u\.ac\.jp