Path: utzoo!attcan!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!iuvax!purdue!ames!ncar!woods From: woods@ncar.ucar.edu (Greg Woods) Newsgroups: comp.mail.sendmail Subject: Re: Re^2: Short-circuiting a route Message-ID: <3697@ncar.ucar.edu> Date: 13 Jul 89 18:03:53 GMT References: <3569@ncar.ucar.edu> <4147@tank.uchicago.edu> <3572@ncar.ucar.edu> <4238@tank.uchicago.edu> <3650@ncar.ucar.edu> <3689@ncar.ucar.edu> <4426@tank.uchicago.edu> Reply-To: woods@handies.UCAR.EDU (Greg Woods) Organization: Scientific Computing Division/NCAR, Boulder CO Lines: 9 In article <4426@tank.uchicago.edu> matt@oddjob.uchicago.edu (Matt Crawford) writes: >Gimme a break, Greg! Their (currently rudimentary) MX database is >installed on a machine with an internet connection, ISN'T IT???? Yes, but THEY DO NOT HAVE ACCESS to this machine! In other words, unlike in the case of maintaining routing via the UUCP maps, they have to depend on SOMEONE ELSE to do the work. This is a VERY IMPORTANT difference! --Greg