:postmaster: n. The email contact and maintenance person at a site
connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the
same as the {admin}. The Internet standard for electronic mail
({RFC}-822) requires each machine to have a `postmaster' address;
usually it is aliased to this person.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
connected to the Internet or UUCPNET. Often, but not always, the
same as the {admin}. The Internet standard for electronic mail
({RFC}-822) requires each machine to have a `postmaster' address;
usually it is aliased to this person.
-- The AI Hackers Dictionary
Related:
- postmaster n.
The email contact and maintenance person at a
site connected to the Internet or UUCPNET
Often, but not always, the same as the admin. The... - admin: /ad-min'/ n. Short for `administrator'; very commonly
used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person in charge
on a computer
Common constructions on this include `sysadmin' ... - admin /ad-min'/ n.
Short for `administrator'; very
commonly used in speech or on-line to refer to the systems person
in charge on a computer
Common constructions on this include `sysadmin'... - domainist: /doh-mayn'ist/ adj. 1. Said of an {{Internet
address}} (as opposed to a {bang path}) because the part to the
right of the `@' specifies a nested series of `domains'
for example, esr@snark.thyrsus.com specifies the machine... - bounce message: [UNIX] n. Notification message returned to sender
by a site unable to relay {email} to the intended {{Internet
address}} recipient or the next link in a {bang path} (see
{bounce}
sense 1). Reasons might include a nonexistent or ... - snail-mail: n. Paper mail, as opposed to electronic
Sometimes written as the single word `SnailMail'... - bang path: n. An old-style UUCP electronic-mail address specifying
hops to get from some assumed-reachable location to the addressee
so called because each {hop} is signified by a {bang}... - UUCPNET: n. The store-and-forward network consisting of all the
world's connected UNIX machines (and others running some clone of
the UUCP (UNIX-to-UNIX CoPy) software)
Any machine reachable only via a {bang path} is... - sitename: /si:t'naym/ [UNIX/Internet] n. The unique electronic
name of a computer system
used to identify it in UUCP mail, USENET, or other...
