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[src/trunk]: src/share/man/man7 Drop superfluous .Pp's, punctuation fixes, im...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/ab68120df772
branches: trunk
changeset: 514828:ab68120df772
user: wiz <wiz%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Tue Sep 11 01:24:47 2001 +0000
description:
Drop superfluous .Pp's, punctuation fixes, improve citation.
diffstat:
share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 | 29 +++++++++++++----------------
1 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
diffs (64 lines):
diff -r 26d1b2594569 -r ab68120df772 share/man/man7/mailaddr.7
--- a/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 Tue Sep 11 01:22:51 2001 +0000
+++ b/share/man/man7/mailaddr.7 Tue Sep 11 01:24:47 2001 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-.\" $NetBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.9 2001/09/11 01:02:18 wiz Exp $
+.\" $NetBSD: mailaddr.7,v 1.10 2001/09/11 01:24:47 wiz Exp $
.\"
.\" Copyright (c) 1983, 1987, 1990, 1993
.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved.
@@ -58,8 +58,7 @@
Mail Transport Agents, such as
.Xr sendmail 8 ,
based on policies set in the MTA's configuration.
-.Pp
-.Ss Abbreviation.
+.Ss Abbreviation
Under certain circumstances it may not be necessary to type the entire
domain name. In general, anything following the first dot may be omitted
if it is the same as the domain from which you are sending the message.
@@ -67,21 +66,16 @@
without adding the ``berkeley.edu'' since it is the same on both sending
and receiving hosts. Whether abbreviation is permitted depends on how
your site is configured.
-.Pp
-.Ss Case Distinctions.
-.Pp
+.Ss Case Distinctions
Domain names (i.e., anything after the ``@'' sign) may be given in any mixture
of upper and lower case. Most hosts
accept any combination of case in user names, although there are exceptions.
-.Ss Postmaster.
-.Pp
+.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, for example:
.Pp
.Dl postmaster%CS.Berkeley.EDU@localhost
-.Pp
-.Ss Obsolete Formats.
-.Pp
+.Ss Obsolete Formats
Certain old address formats, such as UUCP ``bang path'' addresses,
explicitly routed internet addresses (so-called ``route-addrs'' and
the ``percent hack'') and others have been used historically. All
@@ -96,11 +90,14 @@
style addresses.
.Sh SEE ALSO
.Xr mail 1 ,
-.Xr sendmail 8 ;
-.br
-Crocker, D. H.,
-.Em Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages,
-RFC822.
+.Xr sendmail 8
+.Rs
+.%R RFC
+.%N 822
+.%D August 1982
+.%A D. H. Crocker
+.%T "Standard for the Format of Arpa Internet Text Messages"
+.Re
.Sh HISTORY
.Nm
appeared in
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