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| author | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-03-18 20:25:09 +0100 |
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| committer | Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com> | 2022-03-20 03:45:45 +0100 |
| commit | 15f0b7afc876c7c8fb4b6ba8271f2908a0df320e (patch) | |
| tree | 1a46cdfa71c833b3f35f8445d0ebc8b08801ab64 /man7/mailaddr.7 | |
| parent | 5b57600b7dfa6e4e9e542683c1e318caa6c779a4 (diff) | |
| download | man-pages-15f0b7afc876c7c8fb4b6ba8271f2908a0df320e.tar.gz | |
Many pages: Fix style issues reported by `make lint-mandoc`
Plus some other found in the process.
Signed-off-by: Alejandro Colomar <alx.manpages@gmail.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'man7/mailaddr.7')
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1 files changed, 31 insertions, 16 deletions
diff --git a/man7/mailaddr.7 b/man7/mailaddr.7 index 94eeb6eb01..f8b1fa45b4 100644 --- a/man7/mailaddr.7 +++ b/man7/mailaddr.7 @@ -34,16 +34,22 @@ This manual page gives a brief introduction to SMTP mail addresses, as used on the Internet. These addresses are in the general format .PP - user@domain +.in +4n +.EX +user@domain +.EE +.in .PP where a domain is a hierarchical dot-separated list of subdomains. These examples are valid forms of the same address: .PP - john.doe@monet.example.com -.br - John Doe <john.doe@monet.example.com> -.br - john.doe@monet.example.com (John Doe) +.in +4n +.EX +john.doe@monet.example.com +John Doe <john.doe@monet.example.com> +john.doe@monet.example.com (John Doe) +.EE +.in .PP The domain part ("monet.example.com") is a mail-accepting domain. It can be a host and in the past it usually was, but it doesn't have to be. @@ -57,13 +63,14 @@ If you see a local-part that looks like garbage, it is usually because of a gateway between an internal e-mail system and the net, here are some examples: .PP - "surname/admd=telemail/c=us/o=hp/prmd=hp"@some.where -.br - USER%SOMETHING@some.where -.br - machine!machine!name@some.where -.br - I2461572@some.where +.in +4n +.EX +"surname/admd=telemail/c=us/o=hp/prmd=hp"@some.where +USER%SOMETHING@some.where +machine!machine!name@some.where +I2461572@some.where +.EE +.in .PP (These are, respectively, an X.400 gateway, a gateway to an arbitrary internal mail system that lacks proper internet support, an UUCP @@ -75,13 +82,17 @@ The real-name part ("John Doe") can either be placed before but the difference is beyond the scope of this page.) The name may have to be quoted using "", for example, if it contains ".": .PP - "John Q. Doe" <john.doe@monet.example.com> +.in +4n +.EX +"John Q. Doe" <john.doe@monet.example.com> +.EE +.in .SS Abbreviation Some mail systems let users abbreviate the domain name. For instance, users at example.com may get away with "john.doe@monet" to send mail to John Doe. -.I "This behavior is deprecated." +.I This behavior is deprecated. Sometimes it works, but you should not depend on it. .SS Route-addrs In the past, sometimes one had to route a message through @@ -89,7 +100,11 @@ several hosts to get it to its final destination. Addresses which show these relays are termed "route-addrs". These use the syntax: .PP - <@hosta,@hostb:user@hostc> +.in +4n +.EX +<@hosta,@hostb:user@hostc> +.EE +.in .PP This specifies that the message should be sent to hosta, from there to hostb, and finally to hostc. |