Postmaster

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Parts of this article are based on the Jargon File, v. 4.4.7,
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postmaster
Usage: n.


postmaster: n.

The email contact and maintenance person at a site connected to the network. 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.

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Source: postmaster, in The Jargon File, version 4.4.7.


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