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