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From: cik@l.cc.purdue.edu (Herman Rubin)
Newsgroups: comp.mail.misc
Subject: Re: Another example why not to re-route
Summary: Maybe nothing else works
Message-ID: <1045@l.cc.purdue.edu>
Date: 2 Dec 88 21:52:33 GMT
References: <352@lakart.UUCP> <989@tank.uchicago.edu>
Organization: Purdue University Statistics Department
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In article <989@tank.uchicago.edu>, matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes:
> More opinion:
> 
> Anyone who even attempts to use the news-path as a mail address should
> question their own sanity.
> 
> Anyone who attempts to have their news system preserve the validity of
> the news-path as a mail address should receive a pat on the head and a
> kick in the pants.

I have sent mail to reply to many news articles.  Due to a local situation,
I frequently have to edit the address.  Even with this, the MAILER-DAEMON
frequently barfs it back.

What I try then, and sometimes even try first, is the tail of the news path.
Surprisingly, this often works.  If it doesn't, and I consider it important
enough, and I cannot find an address somewhere else, I consult the systems
people.  That doesn't alway work, either.

Considering that I have been able to reach people by using the news-path to
get a mail address more easily than by other means, I resent Matt's attack on
my sanity.  I know enough to leave out parts of the path, but I cannot see the
use of a full news-path by a less experienced user of email as insane.
-- 
Herman Rubin, Dept. of Statistics, Purdue Univ., West Lafayette IN47907
Phone: (317)494-6054
hrubin@l.cc.purdue.edu (Internet, bitnet, UUCP)