From: utzoo!decvax!harpo!eagle!karn Newsgroups: net.followup Title: Re: people who need mail paths Article-I.D.: eagle.829 Posted: Sun Mar 13 04:06:21 1983 Received: Sun Mar 13 12:46:30 1983 References: tekmdp.1834 floyd.1293 While I probably would not have expressed it in quite the same language Andy did, I agree with him that those seeking mail paths should do a little more of the work for themselves. It is unfair to generate 5 or 10 duplicate long distance telephone calls all around the country, not to mention the added system loads, just to take your mail; besides, YOU get much better service if you set up a direct link. Ma Bell (the telephone companies, not Bell Labs) already does an excellent job of routing telephone calls between any two arbitrary points on the continent; there's not much point in duplicating her work, especially since it ends up costing more, even if you ARE paying only a small part of it. Of course, if the word gets around that you've been doing a lot of work on your L.sys file, you'll suddenly find YOURSELF becoming the major gateway. I speak from experience. Phil Karn