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From: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: How do I find the domain of a friend?
Message-ID: <5455@inco.UUCP>
Date: 18 Aug 89 17:59:32 GMT
References:  <5446@inco.UUCP>
Reply-To: mack@inco.UUCP (Dave Mack)
Distribution: news
Organization: McDonnell Douglas Electronic Systems, McLean, VA
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In article <5446@inco.UUCP> I wrote:
>Since you're on the Internet, all you need to do is send mail to
>"username@csun.edu" and if they have a name server it should get to
>her. If not, you'll need to find out which host she has an account
>on and send mail to "username@hostname.csun.edu".

Since posting this, I have been informed (translation: been beaten
savagely about the head and shoulders and told) that name servers
do not, in general, do mail routing within domains.

My sincere apologies to anyone who has spent the last few days trying to 
get their name server to route mail.

Apparently this means that some poor bozo has to add
aliases to /usr/lib/aliases on the gateway machine to get mail routed
to the correct host.  Those who are interested in this subject should
probably read comp.mail.misc.

In addition:

>>--
>>Raul Rockwell                                      |
>>INTERNET:   raulmill@usc.edu                       |
>>UUCP:       ...uunet!usc!raulmill                  |  55 mph = 82 nc
>>U.S.SNAIL:  721 E Windsor #4,  GLENDALE CA  91205  |
>>Raul Rockwell                                      |
>>INTERNET:   raulmill@usc.edu                       |
>>UUCP:       ...uunet!usc!raulmill                  |  55 mph = 82 nc
>>U.S.SNAIL:  721 E Windsor #4,  GLENDALE CA  91205  |
>
>Your signature is broken, Raul. Try again.

I also got flamed about this. So let me try once more, using small
words so no one will misunderstand:

Raul, did you know that you have two copies of your signature at the
bottom of your message? This is a Bad Thing, and you should think
about finding out why it happened and prevent it from happening
again. OK?

Arrgh. Picky, picky, picky.

-- 
Dave Mack