Date: Sun, 29 Dec 2013 16:17:39 +0100 From: Matthias Apitz <guru@unixarea.de> To: Fernando =?iso-8859-1?Q?Apestegu=EDa?= <fernando.apesteguia@gmail.com> Cc: Isma Tim <ismatim@gmail.com>, User Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>, Eduardo Morras <emorrasg@yahoo.es> Subject: Re: OT: abuse of the '@' sign Message-ID: <20131229151739.GA2634@La-Habana> In-Reply-To: <CAGwOe2Znpv1XSRVMv8H2VwAWY3qw7poBx-hXN3kKxGOO9_jdhg@mail.gmail.com> References: <CAMSA9wcJVFs57N0Mu=k2COZO=K3X=KsDUgcxsTmP9632kdf9AA@mail.gmail.com> <20131228164937.00000273.emorrasg@yahoo.es> <20131228171351.GA917@tiny-r255948> <CAMSA9wc4-sU1eA=tGMrGSd9x=MXAn10F5wORzpuj0pBpG9ZEXQ@mail.gmail.com> <20131229113055.05b87bc0bf3b90276d62637e@yahoo.es> <CAMSA9weqJ=qEAxnPLvPNBAVCaLvfknbsr9%2BWdFA0MoWYE0fhbw@mail.gmail.com> <20131229143724.GA2488@La-Habana> <CAGwOe2Znpv1XSRVMv8H2VwAWY3qw7poBx-hXN3kKxGOO9_jdhg@mail.gmail.com>
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El día Sunday, December 29, 2013 a las 04:05:50PM +0100, Fernando Apesteguía escribió: > > > I had tested what @Polytroop said ... > > > > What the construct '@Polytroop said' should express exactly? > > This is probably an example of misuse of @. > > In general, @joe equals "to Joe:" I've used it this way but I can't find > any references about it. I do understand what 'Polytroop@host.foo' means: the user Polytroop at host / zone 'host.foo' (we have used this for many years in e-mail, after having used with UUCP 'host.foo!Polytroop'). I do read, understand, but do not use because I find it unpolitely, the construct '@Polytroop:' in the meaning you say 'to Polytroop:'. IMHO the '@' sign should only be used for the expresion 'Polytroop@host.foo' Thx matthias -- Matthias Apitz | /"\ ASCII Ribbon Campaign: www.asciiribbon.org E-mail: guru@unixarea.de | \ / - No HTML/RTF in E-mail WWW: http://www.unixarea.de/ | X - No proprietary attachments phone: +49-170-4527211 | / \ - Respect for open standards
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