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From: bbh@whizz.uucp (Bud Hovell)
Newsgroups: news.admin
Subject: In USENET maps, what does "#F" stand for?
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Date: 17 Sep 89 16:52:30 GMT
Reply-To: bbh@whizz.UUCP (Bud Hovell)
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After noticing that one of the maps (for 'icus') carried this line, I
grepped my entire maps directory to see how many other sites are using
the same notation:

#F	uunet
#F	seismo.css.gov
#F      seismo.css.gov
#F      uunet.uu.net
#F	seismo.css.gov
#F	uunet.uu.net
#F	snow.white.utoronto.ca
#F	watcgl.waterloo.edu
#F	a.cs.uiuc.edu
#F	rutgers.edu
.
.
.....and so on, for over 400 sites. So alot of people are using it, it would
seem. Which causes me to wonder.....

Since I found no reference to this convention in README, what's the deal?
And what *exactly* does the 'F' stand for? 'F'orwarding gateway for internet
mail? Also, is it "official"?
 

                                 Bud Hovell

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