Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!apple!bloom-beacon!bu-cs!purdue!decwrl!vixie From: vixie@decwrl.dec.com (Paul Vixie) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: active rerouting Message-ID: <805@bacchus.dec.com> Date: 25 Sep 88 13:58:29 GMT References: <4740@b-tech.UUCP> <4747@b-tech.UUCP> <4748@b-tech.UUCP> <6581@chinet.UUCP> <2105@edsews.EDS.COM> <12604@ncoast.UUCP> Sender: vixie@decwrl.dec.com Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 20 Branden, you and I almost always agree in this group. So consider this a small nit brought up by a copatriot: # UUCP sites give "!" precedence, Internet domain mailers give "@" precedence. The terminology is confusing. Vixie.sf.ca.us is a "UUCP site" if you mean that all my connections to the world are over UUCP links. However, I run smail and sendmail there, and I definitely give "@" a higher precedence than "!". In fact, by virtue of my dotted name, I can be considered to be "on the internet", though I am not "directly connected to the internet". So, okay, this is a minor nit. But terminology is often learned in context, and apparently a large number of novices read this group. I'd like to get them started out on the right foot. Cf. my recent "crucial distinction" article, wherein I lament that people defend "rerouting" without knowing what parts of it they are actually depending on. -- Paul Vixie Work: vixie@decwrl.dec.com decwrl!vixie +1 415 853 6600 Play: paul@vixie.sf.ca.us vixie!paul +1 415 864 7013