Xref: utzoo news.sysadmin:3130 comp.mail.uucp:4838 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!cis.ohio-state.edu!karl_kleinpaste From: karl_kleinpaste@cis.ohio-state.edu Newsgroups: news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Passing proprietary messages through competitors or other sites Message-ID: Date: 27 Jul 90 14:16:17 GMT References: <6@raysnec.UUCP> Sender: news@tut.cis.ohio-state.edu Followup-To: news.sysadmin,comp.mail.uucp Organization: Ohio State Computer Science Lines: 22 shwake@raysnec.uucp writes: The problem isn't pathalias per se, but smart mailers on intermediate sites who audaciously insist on second guessing source routing based on their own notion of "best path from here to ultimate destination". "au-da-cious \o-'dA-shus\ adj ... 1 a: intrepidly daring : adventurous b: recklessly bold : rash 2: contemptuous of law, religion, or decorum : insolent 3: maked by originality and verve" If you send mail on a pass-through basis through my site, you'll darn well put up with my idea of appropriate expenditures. I don't dial California on a whim for just anybody. I'm not second-guessing at all; I'm in charge here, so I'm first-guessing -- YOU are second-guessing at what you think I'll let get through here. If that's "audacity," so be it. Personally, I find it pretty @#$% audacious that anyone thinks they can tell me how we at my site are supposed to spend our money. Sheesh! I don't run pathalias. I do maintain a paths file. --karl