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I have no idea. UUCP (Usenet) addresses used to be (are?) "backwards" and ! separated. Maybe some historical references related to that would point you to more
by s3graham 17y ago
I have no idea. UUCP (Usenet) addresses used to be (are?) "backwards" and ! separated. Maybe some historical references related to that would point you to more info.
If I were to guess though, I'd guess email addresses. me@machine being originally valid makes me@tld.machine harder to parse?
- joshu 17y agoThey weren't really addresses; it was a series of hosts. It was thus more like a route.