RFC 763

Okay bestie, this is RFC 763 from the Network Working Group 🎀 It was written by Marshall Abrams of NBS and dated 7 May 1980. The original doesn't list a category, and it doesn't obsolete or update anything.

ROLE MAILBOXES ✨

Okay so sometimes you need to email someone on the net who's only known by their job title, like whoever is currently in a certain official role 💅 The problem is that people switch jobs all the time (employee turnover, we see you 😭), so the mail just bounces and nobody gets it.

NBS ran into this too 💀 Their fix was making MAIL address synonyms like SYSTEMS, MANAGEMENT, and LIAISON, so the mail always lands correctly no matter who's in the seat. Iconic, honestly 👑

Abrams suggests that every system that allows MAIL address synonyms should install them 🫶 He also suggests that the NIC or the ARPANet management pick a standardized set of synonyms, so they're more useful for everyone. Main character energy for the whole network 🦋🌈

Marshall Abrams