Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!att!rutgers!mailrus!purdue!decwrl!vixie 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> Organization: DEC Western Research Lab Lines: 15 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. -- 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