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From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp
Subject: Re: When to reroute (Re: active rerouting)
Message-ID: <5@jove.dec.com>
Date: 29 Sep 88 02:22:53 GMT
References: <4740@b-tech.UUCP> <4747@b-tech.UUCP> <4748@b-tech.UUCP> <4753@b-tech.UUCP> <1426@ficc.uu.net> <6548@chinet.UUCP> <802@bacchus.dec.com> <1036@vsi1.UUCP>
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As Larry says, it's not often that we disagree.  I muddled for a few minutes
trying to decide this, and decided to be ambiguously conservative.  To those
who think I refuse to change my mind:

In article <1036@vsi1.UUCP> lmb@vsi1.UUCP (Larry Blair) writes:
# In the case of foo!bar!baz!user, foo has the right to use whatever path it
# wants to to pass the mail to bar.  Foo's obligation is only to send the mail
# to bar.  This satisfies Paul's "implicit promise" while allowing knowledgeable
# adaptation for local conditions.

Agreed.  I stand corrected.
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