But What's Up with That ¥?

Re:But What's Up with That ¥? by mr_vile on Thursday November 11, 2021 @07:57PM (#29195174)

I know a couple of people that went out of their way to have the yen backslash on their PC. It certainly is charming in a way. Kind of like how email addresses used to be written like:

[email protected]

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Re:But What's Up with That ¥? by mr_vile on Thursday November 11, 2021 @07:57PM (#29195181)

For anyone that doesn't know, the ! is for UUCP routing.

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Re:But What's Up with That ¥? by LeoPanthera on Thursday November 11, 2021 @08:12PM (#29195271)

And is known as a Bang Path: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UUCP#Bang_path

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Re:But What's Up with That ¥? by notreallyserio on Thursday November 11, 2021 @08:23PM (#29195334)

I remember using bang paths to send myself email via several different networks. I felt like such a Hackerman.

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