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From: mcm@ncsu.UUCP
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Subject: Re: Sites the Don"t Forward Mail
Message-ID: <2196@ncsu.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 1-Jun-83 19:29:31 EDT
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Posted: Wed Jun  1 19:29:31 1983
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References: citcsv.109


Someone recently suggested that mkpath be modified to only use the "Mail:"
line rather than both the "News:" and "Mail:" lines.  When I wrote version
1.0 of mkpath, I did just that.  I found that with the available data, I
knew how to get to 20 sites.  When I included both the "News:" and "Mail:"
lines (called "Usenet:" and "UUCP:" back then), I could get to 350 sites.
Most of the data for the "Mail:" line is incomplete.  Many sites have not
included that data.  Some sites don't want that data to be public.
For the most part, sites that transmit news do transmit mail.  There are
exceptions, but because of incomplete data, we must make the assumption
that sites transmit both news and mail.

Please check the data Mark is sending now.  If it is incorrect or incomplete,
please update it.

To the person who submitted citcsv.109:  Next time, put your name on the thing.
At least include something that tells how to send mail to you, like the site
you are at and your username.  Somewhere down the line this info was lost in
the header.  It's always nice to see who sent the thing after you've read the
article.  Sometimes the header has scrolled off the screen.

	Mike Mitchell
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