[ProgSoc] Extra dot appended

[Jay Banyer <jay@nospam.vma.tabnsw.com.au>]

In that last mail I sent (regarding the email forwarding), I named the
.forward file.

When I typed it, I only put a single dot (.) in front of the word
'forward', but the final copy that everyone received had an extra dot.

Demo:
Typed with single dot (.):
.forward
Typed with 2 dots (..):
..forward
Experiment:
.ploppy

I guess some server somewhere likes to append dots. Just out of
interest, does anyone know what does it and why?

j.

ps - 
Patrick Kennedy wrote:
> }e.g. my Progsoc forward file looks like this :->
> }
> }stallion@nospam.progsoc.uts.edu.au
> }glennw@nospam.mailbox.tabnsw.com.au

> i would've thought that this would just go round and round and not stay in
> your progsoc account.
> does it not forward something more than once?

Nope, it works perfect. Unix must be smart enough (read programmed well
enough) to know what we intend.

-- 
"When I think over what I have said, I envy dumb people." -- Senaca
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