Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!lll-tis!mirsa.inria.Fr!huitema From: huitema@mirsa.inria.Fr (Christian Huitema) Newsgroups: comp.protocols.iso.x400.gateway Subject: Re: Proposed delta to RFC 987 Message-ID: <8806211515.AA27114@inria.inria.fr> Date: 21 Jun 88 12:11:09 GMT Sender: root@tis.llnl.gov Distribution: inet Organization: The Internet Lines: 10 Approved: post-x400-gateway@tis.llnl.gov The MAILWAY implementation of RFC-987 which INRIA has issued follows exactly Steve's "pragmatic approach", for exactly te reasons stated by Steve. Thus, I suggest to agree his proposal. Another reason for removing source routes as much as possible is indeed user convenience: showing the source in the receipients addresses will lead to ackward routes for "replies to third parties", directing the mail to unnecessary gateways even when direct routes exists. Christian Huitema