From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!floyd!cmcl2!tihor
Newsgroups: net.general
Title: Re: problems routing mail - (nf)
Article-I.D.: cmcl2.12830
Posted: Wed Sep 15 00:10:38 1982
Received: Wed Sep 15 05:53:35 1982

#R:csu-cs:-185900:cmcl2:5800001:000:269
cmcl2!tihor    Sep 14 20:41:00 1982

I suggest that you try sending to a!b!c!c:d!e on the chance that site c
knows its own name and so with through route the message or hangs an
line optimizer on the link.  (I assume that you have tried a!b!c!d!e and
c insists on having d addressed as a : separated host?