Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site down.FUN Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!burl!ulysses!allegra!princeton!down!honey From: honey@down.FUN (code 101) Newsgroups: net.mail Subject: Re: Running pathalias on the uucp maps Message-ID: <419@down.FUN> Date: Tue, 15-Jan-85 14:05:23 EST Article-I.D.: down.419 Posted: Tue Jan 15 14:05:23 1985 Date-Received: Wed, 16-Jan-85 05:41:13 EST References: <454@aquila.noao.UUCP> Organization: Princeton University, EECS Lines: 12 people seem to have gotten a little carried away with alias declarations. if you want local aliases, that's fine, but keep them local. the only aliases that should be sent "outside" are those that pertain to a machine changing names, e.g., noao = kpno. note the syntax: primaryname = alias [, alias ...] other aliases, such as the ucb nicknames, are more a hindrance than anything else. i will be re-posting pathalias sometime in the next week. peter