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From: bstempleton@watmath.UUCP (Brad Templeton)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: UUCP connection files, please note
Message-ID: <5433@watmath.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 22-Jun-83 01:21:55 EDT
Article-I.D.: watmath.5433
Posted: Wed Jun 22 01:21:55 1983
Date-Received: Wed, 22-Jun-83 06:24:57 EDT
Organization: U of Waterloo, Ontario
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There should be a net.uucp because this belongs there.

When people send out lists of uucp connections in the nmail of
Steve Bellovin pathalias format, they should be sure not to include
local aliases in the lists.  Around here we keep a special file for
these so as to avoid sending them out, since it caused some problems
when we did.  Many people send out all kind of aliases only meant
for locals.  The only aliases you should send out are ones for the world,
or ones that alias a particular machine to your domain name
(eg. "watmath	= wat").  In particular, never send out the one and
two letter name aliases that many have.
Some mailers actually put these short names in mail return addresses -
I think UCB has been this way in the past.  This is a no-no and should
be fixed.
-- 
	Brad Templeton - Waterloo, Ont. (519) 886-7304