On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Jacob Haller wrote: > >On Mon, 13 Sep 1999 10:01:11 -0400, "Hugh W. Jarvis" > ><[log in to unmask]> > >wrote: > > > >>I ran a yadda@*.ru (for a Russian address) and the > >>return included two rutgers.edu accounts! > > > Scanning for yadda@*.ru matches [log in to unmask] because > it matches a substring of that address as follows: > > [log in to unmask] > yadda@ * .ru > That implies implicit right truncation. I have always understood that in querying for e-mail addresses all truncation had to be explicit; that for [log in to unmask] to be retrieved the search would have to be: yadda@*.ru* ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Judith Hopkins, Listowner of Autocat [log in to unmask] AND [log in to unmask] My home page: http://www.acsu.buffalo.edu/~ulcjh AUTOCAT home page: http://ublib.buffalo.edu/libraries/units/cts/autocat/