Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!brl-adm!rutgers!ames!amdahl!dlb!auspyr!joe From: joe@auspyr.UUCP (Joe Angelo) Newsgroups: comp.mail.headers Subject: Re: I hate smail Message-ID: <32@auspyr.UUCP> Date: Tue, 6-Jan-87 21:52:49 EST Article-I.D.: auspyr.32 Posted: Tue Jan 6 21:52:49 1987 Date-Received: Wed, 7-Jan-87 18:54:01 EST References: <14227@amdcad.UUCP> Organization: Austec, Inc., San Jose, CA. USA Lines: 24 Summary: Agreeded ... Well, I too am beginning to dislike smail ... but not becuase my mail get bounced around ... but because (because, because, of the wonderful things...) it doesn't even come near considering geographic area ... Eg: location!! This, ofcourse, could be mostly the fault of pathaliases ... but I won't point any fingers ( ^^ ) Quite often I have large pieces of mail shipped all over the country. From Boston to Miami to Denver to Canada [back] to Miami then to San Jose. Even though I specify a direct path (quick and fast), all it takes is one smail site to reroute the message BACK across the country ... and two weeks later my 99K mail gets to me. Oh well. Smail is atleast great for domains ... but geographical domains would also be nice (providing geographical domains are used to reach the target geographical domain ... eg: mail to joe.ca from site.maine doesn't need to be routed to site.europe ... you get the idea ) But I'm crazy anyways... -- "No matter Joe Angelo, Sr. Sys. Engineer @ Austec, Inc., San Jose, CA. where you go, ARPA: aussjo!joe@lll-tis-b.arpa PHONE: [408] 279-5533 there you UUCP: {sdencore,necntc,cbosgd,amdahl,ptsfa,dana}!aussjo!joe are ..." UUCP: {styx,ucbvax!imagen,dlb,gould}!auspyr!joe