Path: utzoo!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley From: soley@ontenv.UUCP (Norman S. Soley) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: .uucp going to other than %s Message-ID: <816@ontenv.UUCP> Date: 27 Sep 88 02:16:00 GMT References: <315@mjbtn.MFEE.TN.US> <5616@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> <5619@killer.DALLAS.TX.US> Organization: Ontario Ministry of the Environment, Toronto Lines: 23 In article <5619@killer.DALLAS.TX.US>, wisner@killer.DALLAS.TX.US (Bill Wisner) writes: > >Several gateways to .UUCP are defined in the maps, including > >rutgers and uunet. So what? > > So defining those gateways is not necessary. > > killer knows just as much about the .UUCP domain as rutgers does. > We both get all the maps and we both use them. So why should I > bother to send .UUCP mail on to rutgers or uunet? So where does it say in the manual that one can't put a .uucp gateway in ones path.local (or whatever you call it). The current situation is completely reasonable default behavior: "assume the local site is 'dumb' unless told otherwise". What I don't get is why uunet is defined an a .uucp gateway when rick has made several public statements to the effect that uunet should not be used as an all purpose router. -- Norman Soley - Data Communications Analyst - Ontario Ministry of the Environment UUCP: uunet!attcan!lsuc!ncrcan!ontenv!soley VOICE: +1 416 323 2623 OR: soley@ontenv.UUCP