The database records e-mail addresses in a reduced form (these reduced addresses are not necessarily valid and are not used to send e-mail). This is to avoid sending multiple copies of the FAQ to people who post from different machines within the one organization. The reduced form is [email protected]: [email protected] and [email protected] reduce to [email protected]; [email protected] and [email protected] reduce to [email protected].
This reduction may mean that some first-time users will not be sent a copy of the FAQ. For instance, if [email protected] posts before [email protected] posts, the admin address will not be sent a copy of the FAQ, because they both reduced to [email protected]. The algorithm for reducing e-mail addresses attempts to be smart about foreign domains, but if you catch it making a mistake, please let me know.