Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!intercon!news From: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Paths and Precedence (Re: Question about From: lines) Message-ID: <269B6560.3F1E@intercon.com> Date: 11 Jul 90 17:44:00 GMT References: <++J4QGC@xds13.ferranti.com> <3RK4TQE@xds13.ferranti.com> Sender: usenet@intercon.com (USENET The Magnificent) Reply-To: amanda@mermaid.intercon.com (Amanda Walker) Organization: InterCon Systems Corporation, Herndon, VA Lines: 11 In article <3RK4TQE@xds13.ferranti.com>, peter@ficc.ferranti.com (Peter da Silva) writes: > OK, so how do we get a *path* through the internet? We don't. You send paths through UUCP. The fact that currently you can "tunnel" UUCP paths through the internet is a bug, not a feature. Once mail gets to the Internet, it should have an address, not a route. -- Amanda Walker InterCon Systems Corporation