Acbosgd.2127 net.news utcsrgv!utzoo!decvax!ucbvax!ihnss!houxi!npois!harpo!cbosg!cbosgd!mark Sun Mar 14 16:34:23 1982 Re: Baroque (and unrepliable) addresses So you want a reply command that works 100% of the time? So does the rest of the world! The UUCP/Berknet/ARPA environment is just too weird and full of glitches for any static program to handle it. Berkeley's Mail program makes a valiant attempt but botches about half the time I try to use the reply command. The real answer is to go to a simpler naming scheme, which IS happening. In the meantime you'll just have to grit your teeth and type it by hand if reply doesn't do the right thing. Mark ----------------------------------------------------------------- gopher://quux.org/ conversion by John Goerzen of http://communication.ucsd.edu/A-News/ This Usenet Oldnews Archive article may be copied and distributed freely, provided: 1. There is no money collected for the text(s) of the articles. 2. The following notice remains appended to each copy: The Usenet Oldnews Archive: Compilation Copyright (C) 1981, 1996 Bruce Jones, Henry Spencer, David Wiseman.