Xref: utzoo comp.mail.uucp:2463 comp.mail.misc:1459 Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!clyde!att!osu-cis!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!mailrus!ames!vsi1!wyse!mips!sultra!dtynan From: dtynan@sultra.UUCP (Der Tynan) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp,comp.mail.misc Subject: Re: Another example why not to re-route Summary: Here's an interesting one. Message-ID: <2703@sultra.UUCP> Date: 5 Dec 88 21:54:51 GMT References: <140@minya.UUCP><1988Dec1.122907.10076@ateng.ateng.com> Organization: Tynan Computers, Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 19 Here's some more food for thought. I received a message from a site over the weekend, which had the following path: From: uunet!pyramid!mips!original-site!root What's so interesting about this? My machine talks directly to pyramid. However, pyramid sent the mail to uunet instead. OK, that's not too fatal, a common mistake. But Wait! There's More! My machine ALSO talks directly to mips! The only thing I can surmise is that the original-site hand-routed the message. However, I don't think it would have been a henious sin on the part of mips (or pyramid) to dump the rest of the path, and drop the mail onto my site directly. Comments? - Der -- dtynan@zorba.Tynan.COM (Dermot Tynan @ Tynan Computers) {apple,mips,pyramid,uunet}!Tynan.COM!dtynan --- If the Law is for the People, then why do we need Lawyers? ---