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From: mikeh@dell.dell.com (Mike Hammel)
Newsgroups: news.newusers.questions
Subject: Re: Signature files (LONG)
Message-ID: <2892@dell.dell.com>
Date: 21 Aug 89 18:09:05 GMT
References: <15046@dartvax.Dartmouth.EDU> <549@buster.UUCP> <2689@aplcen.apl.jhu.edu> <2182@uw-entropy.ms.washington.edu> <30744@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> <1989Aug19.063337.13750@xenitec.uucp> <30759@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU>
Reply-To: mikeh@dell.UUCP (Mike Hammel, )
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In article <30759@ucbvax.BERKELEY.EDU> wisner@mica.Berkeley.EDU (Bill Wisner) writes:
>
>Another one for the new users: UUNET is a service; it is NOT a UUCP router for
>the known universe. Use UUNET to send mail to UUNET customers. Do not use UUNET
>to send mail to some random site in Outer Boondocks, Nebraska, because you're
>too lazy to figure out how to get the mail there yourself. Such behavior is
>frowned upon.

Boy, you're being a bit harsh, aren't you?  Agreed: UUNET should not be used as
a general mail router.  But I used it as such for about a year because I 
didn't know any better.  It had nothing to do with being lazy.  I posted 
many questions on info-nets (on the Bitnet side of the list) asking how I 
could get the information on where to route through what gateways.  But I was
new and there wasn't anyone around where I was who knew any better to show
me what was "proper."  We all have to learn someway.

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