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From: chip@ateng.com (Chip Salzenberg)
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Subject: Re: Warp speed Mr. Scott!
Message-ID: <250C0A00.15059@ateng.com>
Date: 11 Sep 89 19:39:43 GMT
References: <1989Aug21.124002.11054@robohack.uucp> <1059@aurora.AthabascaU.CA> <3872@ditka.UUCP> <6093@ficc.uu.net> <4123@ditka.UUCP>
Organization: A T Engineering, Tampa, FL
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According to kls@ditka.UUCP (Karl Swartz):
>The solution to this is simple: the default should be a term-
>inal link, e.g.
>    uunet	<subscriber>(DEMAND)

This would be a good solution, except that it doesn't work.

If sites that have registered domain names -- like this one -- advertise a
terminal link from uunet to the domain gateway, then only mail to the
gateway will be delivered via that link.  All mail to subdomains will go via
some other route.

Take us for example:

	uunet   ateng(DEMAND)
	ateng   .ateng.com

Now mail to `user@border.ateng.com' is delivered via uunet.  But if we do:

	uunet   <ateng>(DEMAND)
	ateng   .ateng.com

then mail to `user@ateng.uucp' is delivered via uunet; but mail to
`user@border.ateng.com' goes via Podunk.
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Chip Salzenberg at A T Engineering;  <chip@ateng.com> or <uunet!ateng!chip>
          "If you push something hard enough, it will fall over."
		   -- Fudd's First Law of Opposition