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  4  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Postmaster  \Post"mas`ter\,  n. 
  1.  One  who  has  charge  of  a  station  for  the  accommodation  of 
  travelers;  one  who  supplies  post  horses. 
 
  2.  One  who  has  charge  of  a  post  office,  and  the  distribution 
  and  forwarding  of  mails. 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  postmaster 
  n  :  the  person  in  charge  of  a  post  office 
 
  From  Jargon  File  (4.2.3,  23  NOV  2000)  [jargon]: 
 
  postmaster  n.  The  email  contact  and  maintenance  person  at  a 
  site  connected  to  the  Internet  or  UUCPNET.  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. 
 
 
 
  From  The  Free  On-line  Dictionary  of  Computing  (13  Mar  01)  [foldoc]: 
 
  postmaster 
 
  The  {electronic  mail}  contact  and  maintenance  person  at  a  site 
  connected  to  the  {Internet}  or  {UUCPNET}.  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. 
  See  also  {webmaster}. 
 
 




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