more flaming about full names as e-mail addresses

[unix-history] / usr / src / usr.sbin / sendmail / cf / README

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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@
 
                Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
 
 
                Eric Allman <eric@CS.Berkeley.EDU>
 

-               @(#)README      8.55 (Berkeley) %G%
+               @(#)README      8.56 (Berkeley) %G%

 
 
 This document describes the sendmail configuration files being used
 
 
 This document describes the sendmail configuration files being used


@@ -966,6 +966,19 @@ To build the internal form of the user database, use:
 
        makemap btree /usr/data/base.db < /usr/data/base.txt
 
 
        makemap btree /usr/data/base.db < /usr/data/base.txt
 

+As a general rule, I am adamantly opposed to using full names as
+e-mail addresses, since they are not in any sense unique.  For example,
+the Unix software-development community has two Andy Tannenbaums,
+at least two well-known Peter Deutsches, and at one time Bell Labs
+had two Stephen R. Bournes with offices along the same hallway.
+Which one will be forced to suffer the indignity of being
+Stephen_R_Bourne_2?  The less famous of the two, or the one that
+was hired later?
+
+Finger should handle full names (and be fuzzy).  Mail should use
+handles, and not be fuzzy.  [Not that I expect anyone to pay any
+attention to my opinions.]
+

 
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