Path: utzoo!censor!geac!torsqnt!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!snorkelwacker!mintaka!nuhub!nic!bbn.com!papaya.bbn.com!rsalz From: rsalz@bbn.com (Rich Salz) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Imminent death of UUCP Zone predicted Message-ID: <2723@litchi.bbn.com> Date: 3 Jul 90 13:35:24 GMT References: <3008.268b1e9a@mccall.com> Organization: BBN Systems and Technology, Inc. Lines: 15 In karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu writes: >Actually, I am perfectly happy to be MX for a domain which is not a >direct UUCP connection to me. This is kind of risky, no? Easy to get mail loops. I think conventional wisdom is that the MX'er should be one-hop off the IP-connected Internet. At any rate, none of the intermediate sites had better be on the Internet or the odds of getting a loop will approximate 1.000, and rightly so. /rich $alz -- Please send comp.sources.unix-related mail to rsalz@uunet.uu.net. Use a domain-based address or give alternate paths, or you may lose out.