Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!iuvax!cica!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!math.lsa.umich.edu!emv From: emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) Newsgroups: comp.mail.uucp Subject: Re: Who pays the bill? Message-ID: Date: 30 Jul 90 01:07:55 GMT References: <1990Jul29.073316.16433@vicom.com> <65517@sgi.sgi.com> Sender: usenet@math.lsa.umich.edu Organization: University of Michigan Math Dept., Ann Arbor MI. Lines: 22 In-Reply-To: vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com's message of 29 Jul 90 23:54:36 GMT In article <65517@sgi.sgi.com> vjs@rhyolite.wpd.sgi.com (Vernon Schryver) writes: Would it be rude to ask that those who choose to not honor the routes in passing mail to not advertise their connections? Am I wrong in thinking that the UUCP maps are not a way to brag of the number of UUCP links you maintain, but are an offer to do a service, without expectation of payment or even reciprocity? There is a construct in the UUCP maps that allows sites to advertise limited connectivity to links, and to specify a different weight for pass-through and terminal connections. If you do not want just anyone to use a link, a sane thing to do is publish a map with higher costs and/or terminal links, then use a real map with real costs when you run pathalias. If your intent is to do a service to the community, and you are on the internet, then advertising connectivity via UUCP maps is not much of a service. Much better would be to register your UUCP neighbors in the proper domain and provide MX services to them. --Ed Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept