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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Postmaster \Post"mas'ter\, noun
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) 2.0 [wn]:
postmaster
noun: the person in charge of a post office
From Jargon File (4.3.1, 29 Jun 2001) [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 (27 SEP 03) [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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